I don't Own Digimon

Rise Up Light, Love and Darkness

"Flare Buster!" Shadramon shot forward roasting the ground with his streams of flame. Lucemon snarled in annoyance at the heat has he retreated from the crackling remains of the Crest of Darkness.

"You should learn not to impede the will of your superiors!" shouted the angel as he brought his ham like fists around striking the moth in the chest. Shadramon bounced backwards.

"Shadramon…" Kuro coughed. The boy was still lying on the ground.

"Kuro you must rest!" replied the moth as he stood shakily. Lucemon had the crest dangling playfully from his finger tips. Shadramon lifted his hands. "Psychic Wave!" a concentrated pulse of energy shot forward from the moth's hands and snatched the crest tossing it into the bushes.

Lucemon glared angrily at Shadramon and opened his hand. "You tire me, insect." A shockwave rammed Shadramon backwards against a tree. The old plant creaked angrily and snapped as Shadramon was pushed through the bark. Lucemon pulled back his arm and then pushed again, intensifying the wave. Shadramon soon found himself against a wall. Another wave slammed into him. His body pressed against the wall like a pancake. He refused to scream or shout. Lucemon smirked, "And you're spent…" The angel turned to Kuro as Shadramon dropped to the ground and de-digivolved to Psychemon.

The angel walked slowly to the boy. He stood over the human and looked at his mussed, spiky, black hair and his faded blue eyes. The boy was burned and cut. His body looked broken and a trickle of blood seemed to lazily weave from his lower lip to the side of chin like a small stream or brook. The small fangs Lucemon had pressed against his lips. Something truly excited Lucemon about seeing that crimson fluid flow from the human's lips. The child was not coherent. His mind was still in a fog from being released so suddenly from the Guardian of Darkness. It would be merciful to destroy him now. Lucemon reached down grasping the child's face and lifting it. He could feel that warm liquid seeping into the furred palm of his paw. The angel saw the child twitch, either in fear or some other uncontrolled spasm.

"Kuro…." The white fur covered digimon rasped as it crawled on all fours. Its purple and green skin was singed and bruised. "Don't hurt him…"

Lucemon dropped the child with a little toss and looked angrily at the digimon. "You should learn when to stay down."

"You should've learned not to fight the digi-destined, we won't give up," growled Psychemon in return. "It's our credo…"

"Fool, no one can stop me!" growled Lucemon as he flicked the back of his hand in Psychemon's direction. The furred digimon flew backwards like a Styrofoam cup in a gale. The digimon shook its horned head and struggled onto all fours and crawled towards his partner. Lucemon grimaced. "You digi-destined think you can win, when, in fact, you haven't a chance. The Harmonious Ones are gone! I defeated the GODS of the Digital World! I crushed your digimon friends not on one occasion, not on two but on several! The entire Digital World is quaking at my request! I am no longer just a digimon, I am a natural law! You can not stop me, your allies can't stop me, nothing in all the worlds can stop me!"

"We will win…" a hoarse gasp escaped Kuro's lips. The boy wasn't looking in the angel's direction but his voice was directed towards Lucemon. "You may be winning now, but in the end you will find defeat. The universe will reject you…"

Lucemon's eyes narrowed. A flicker of lightning sliced across his irises. His lips tightened and thinned. He folded his wings back and walked slowly but determinedly towards the human. Psychemon tried to crawl faster but his muscles resisted and he stumbled forward.

Lucemon knelt down to the child. "Boy, such arrogance is not befitting an inferior life form. It causes an insurgence in the social structure. I can't have a utopia where everyone is so arrogant." Lucemon grasped the boy's throat. "I won't allow you to defile my utopia." The grasp tightened into a grip. Kuro's eyes bugged out and he struggled to drag air into his lungs. "For such a frail beast you sure are cocky…but where, pray tell, is that cockiness now?"

"Colorful Spark!" a twisting rainbow snapped at Lucemon's ear wings. Another struck his cheek. Another hit the side of his neck. Lucemon lifted his hand and a crimson streak flew disconnecting Psychemon from its white fur coat. The digimon was laid out on the ground.

"Psyche…." Kuro's vision was phasing in and out. "Can't give up…can't let this thing win no matter what…"

Lucemon growled. A barrier was building. The darkness was prying his hands from the child's neck. There was a loud snap and a dark whip of energy bit into the angel's skin. Lucemon yowled in pain as he withdrew his hand and looked at the child. The boy's eyes had a swirling purple glow in them.

"Lucemon, you were the designated Digimon of Darkness and Light, you were at one time entrusted with the harmony of the Digital World, but you failed!" said the calm but booming voice that escaped Kuro's voice. The dark barrier expanded forcing Lucemon to retreat. "You were removed, and sealed in a temple, and only allowed access to the world when it came to you. You tricked the human DNA/data digimon Mummymon and Arukenimon into breaking the seal by defiling the temple, and then you bided your time for when you knew the time was right to strike," the boy sat up and then stood and looked at Lucemon. "Child, please reconsider your actions…"

"What are you?" growled the angel as it lifted its hands up.

"I am the purified Guardian of Darkness," replied the boy. "My will is to be done; nothing will impede the Guardians, stop your war, return to your temple and bring peace back to both worlds!"

"I do not take orders from insignificant entities like you," returned Lucemon as he looked back at the bushes where the snapping sound of energy crackling could be heard. "What about that?"

"The corruption was great enough to exist as a separate entity, it shall be known as Damienmon," replied the boy. "Kage, do not persist with your war, you can not win…"

Lucemon looked up and snarled, "Nothing can stop me, least of all you!" A blaze of light burned forward and Kuro yowled and collapsed. "Darkness is nothing without light." Lucemon walked up to the bushes, searched for and then grabbed the crackling crest. He was about to leave when he felt a presence behind him.

Psychemon was standing on his feet. The white fur was over his shoulders again. Kuro was next to him, leaning on the digimon's shoulder. The boy held up his digivice, but it was different. It wasn't a small white device but a larger black device. Its screen had a blood red glow to it, which showed a star being eclipsed by the dark face of the moon.

"Darkness and Light are subjective, they can be either evil or good, it depends on how they are used," said Kuro. His burned face was wincing and his eyes were twitching. "Lucemon, you possess both and you do not use them as you should, you use your darkness to empower yourself and your light to protect yourself, you do not share your power but steal the power of others to supplement your own. You, Lucemon, stand in judgment of the Shadows of Darkness, we find you guilty of high crimes against the Digital and Human Worlds."

"Heh, that was a nice little diatribe, but you can't stop me," replied the angel as he turned away.

"I may not stop you…" said the human quietly. He looked down to Psychemon. "But we can slow you down."

Lucemon turned away not willing to put up with the pathetic attempts of a Rookie, Champion or possibly an Ultimate.

"Psychemon Digivolve to Shadramon!" the moth was glowing bright orange. Lucemon barely flicked his eyes back to see the insect.

"This may hurt, Shadramon, the power of the Guardian is like the surge of a super typhoon," whispered Kuro. He pressed a button.

Darkness, complete and total darkness washed over Shadramon. Not the purple digivolution light that had covered the moth as he had faltered from Karatenmon to Shadramon, but the total negation of light. It was the truest form of darkness.

"Shadramon digivolve to Paildramon!" A draconic warrior covered in pure black armor flew forward.

"Another puny Ultimate?" chuckled Lucemon as he turned to the dragon.

"Not quite," said the hushed whispery voice of Paildramon. His eyes twinkled as he tackled the angel and darkness ensnared them. "Paildramon Guardian Mega Digivolve to…Ancient Sphinxmon!"

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"Irritant Buzz!" an emerald pulse rammed the winged goat man in the stomach. The large black wings of the goat man flapped forward and his fired a burst of energy back.

"Sky Rocker Infinity!" hordes of yellow and black missiles shot from the huge, weapon platform wasp as it surged forward.

"Master Flame!" white fire flowed from Master Tyranomon's mouth. The beast dove in and out of the attacks.

"Dang it…" whispered Hiroshi as he looked at his D-Terminal, "We have problems all over Odaiba. There is an Ultimate in the bay that's sloughing off the digi-destined like their nothing. There is another that has frozen up an entire block, literally…"

"Right…" Isamu looked around, "We don't have much choice, we have to split up. I'll take the ice guy; Kiyoshi, Kougi, you guys go the bay…."

"What?" the two boys looked up. Kiyoshi stepped forward. His eyes were angry and dark and though he had straight dark hair it was mussed. "No, why would we be the ones to go to the bay?"

"Because, DinoBeemon is the only one of our digimon that isn't so adversely affected by the water," replied Isamu. He looked back to see the goat beast zooming about trying to dodge the Digi-destined's attacks. "Master Tyranomon's fire would be put out by the water and CannonBeemon can't swim, what ever digimon is in the bay needs to be beaten and DinoBeemon is the only one that can swim and attack the digimon!"

Kougi blinked and looked at Kiyoshi, "That…made sense."

"Yeah, just makes you think that this may be the apocalypse," said Hiroshi with a smile.

"OI!" yelped Isamu as the others giggled a little.

"Hey, DinoBeemon, we're taking a trip to the beach!" shouted Kiyoshi. Kougi stood behind him and jumped onto the dragon hornet as it buzzed by.

"Master Tyranomon!" shouted Isamu loudly. "We got to deal with the deep freeze, it's three blocks north!"

The grey Tyrannosaur walked by and picked up Isamu. CannonBeemon hovered next to Hiroshi. "Well?"

"We stay here and get rid of the nanny goat…" said Hiroshi. The bee nodded and rocketed forward firing the laser cannon on its stinger.

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"Tomahawk Crunch!" Ogremon, Silphymon and Monzaemon went spiraling backwards as the green chain covered cyborg exploded from the crimson aura that had surrounded Andromon. Silphymon winced. He'd cracked his head on a tree. He shook and took flight as the blade of the new digimon's battle axe sliced by.

"Static Force!" crimson bursts bounced off of the beast's back.

Monzaemon growled and his eyes flared red as he shot his red eye lasers at the digimon. The green cyborg leapt forward and plunged a fist through Monzaemon's soft stomach pulling stuffing out. The creature laughed as he tossed the white stuffing in the air. Monzaemon staggered and stared blankly at the wound. Suddenly the axe flew.

"Battle Tomahawk!" the blade sliced up from left to right. The bear literally leaked fluff everywhere. Monzaemon staggered slightly and then exploded into dust.

"Hey!" shouted Ogremon as he jumped at the beast. "Bone Cudgel!"

"Battle Tomahawk!" the green cyborg sliced the bone club in half like a slab of butter. Ogremon fell backwards.

"Who the heck are you?" shouted the ogre as he quickly leapt from the attacker.

"I am Boltmon!" announced the digimon as he sliced through the air with his axe. "I am the berserk cyborg who wields his Battle Tomahawk to slice his enemies in half!"

"You got the berserk part right!" shouted Ogremon as he jumped into a tree only to have the tree sliced in half.

"Solar Ray!" the blast from Centaurumon struck Boltmon's hand. He momentarily lost grip of his axe that flew into a tree.

"You guys!" shouted Ai to the Monochromon and Unimon. "You go get the eggs out of here, evacuate the village; I don't know how long we can hold him!"

"Frigimon, Mojamon, you go help them," shouted Akeno. Silphymon swept in front of the children to catch the flat of Boltmon's axe by the palms of his hands.

"You better back off I don't know what this thing will do," growled Silphymon as he leapt away and Boltmon made chase.

"Fire Ball!" shouted Meramon as he laid a stream of flames in front of Boltmon. The green cyborg laughed loudly and ran through it and leveled a bolt knuckled fist into Meramon's chin leveling the flaming Champion.

"Pummel Whack!" shouted Ogremon. The purple blast bounced off the cyborg's back easily. Ogremon growled loudly, "Damned Mega digimon."

"Top Gun!" rapid fire bursts of plasma rained down on the Mega digimon. Boltmon laughed and then leveled the flat of his axe on Silphymon's face as the Ultimate made his pass. Silphymon crashed down on the ground and skidded a bit before stopping at Akeno and Ai's feet. Boltmon leapt through the air his axe raised. He crashed down and ran towards them.

Ogremon and Meramon leapt on Boltmon but he threw them aside. Centaurumon jetted in front of the Mega only to be thrown aside like a rag doll. Silphymon's eyes were whirling.

"Say bye, bye, birdy boy!" shouted Boltmon as he raised his axe up.

"Silphymon you have to get up!" shouted Ai as she shook the cyborg.

"Hurry he's coming…" yelped Akeno as he tugged on the destined digimon trying to pull him out of the way.

"You can't go yet, we've not stopped him, and if he gets you, all the babies will die!" shouted Ai loudly.

"Please Silphymon!" shouted Akeno.

The D-3s shook softly and rose off of their positions at the children's waists. The crests of light and love appeared and turned into a white orb. It exploded around Silphymon.

"Silphymon, Mega Digivolve to Valkyrimon!" The light faded slightly and Boltmon was sent staggering back from the light. A figure flew out of the light and hovered over the scene.

He was clad in a tight, white body suit. He had a grey metal chest plate and a falcon shaped helmet. Leather straps were wrapped tightly around the digimon's toned midriff. His right arm held a golden falcon. His left hand was clasped around the hilt of a sword. A blue sash swept around his right leg. He had a cloak of hawk feathers that curled behind him, over that was a cross bow. His right hip held a quiver of arrows. His legs were thin and muscular with golden armor plating on the knees and his boots. His boots also had wings on them.

"Per-perfecto…" Ai gasped as she looked at the digimon. She blushed slightly.

"Hai," replied Akeno quietly as he looked up in awe.

"I'm glad you approve," smirked the warrior. "I am Valkyrimon, the Mega form of Silphymon. With your concerns for my life you activated the digi-core from Azulongmon. I will protect you, my partners, and smite this vigilante down with my Lightning Arrows and Fenrir Sword!"

Ogremon, for the first time in a very, very, very, very, very, very long time was speechless. Valkyrimon seemed to radiate power as if it was like breathing air. Centaurumon and Meramon were forced to visor their eyes and take a step back.

"Battle Tomahawk!" shouted the rude voice of Boltmon as the cyborg flew up with his axe brandished.

"Fenrir Sword!" in a swift almost invisible motion Valkyrimon swept around and landed his sword against the blade of the axe. The warrior looked to the falcon, "Fly!" He then kicked Boltmon down and dove after him with his sword.

The golden falcon nodded and opened its wings and flew off. It wheeled around and then its eyes glowed red and lasers shot forward striking Boltmon in the face as Valkyrimon dropped to the ground and unhooked the cross bow from his back and armed it with an arrow.

"Battle Tomahawk!" the cyborg leapt forward. Valkyrimon just stood there aiming his arrow.

"Don't just stand there!" shouted Ogremon.

"Valkyrimon…" Akeno and Ai looked up with worry.

"Don't worry, I'll get him," said Valkyrimon quietly.

"God…" sighed Ogremon in anger remembering that smug phrase being said before. Boltmon swung, Valkyrimon leapt back, leveled the crossbow on the cyborg.

"Lighting Arrow!" a spear of lightning sliced through Boltmon's chest. The green cyborg stopped and looked down at the hole in his chest.

A smile cut across his face. "That didn't hurt at all!"

"Hn!" Valkyrimon dropped back in surprise. The golden falcon, from before, landed on his shoulder. "What do you think?"

The bird grunted and opened its wings. Its eyes glowed brightly and Valkyrimon leapt out of the way of Boltmon's axe as he resumed his attacks. Valkyrimon leveled his arrows again, firing several before he swept around and unsheathed his sword.

The sword clanked across the blade of the axe. The two Mega digimon vied against each other. Valkyrimon gritted his teeth and pushed knocking Boltmon off balance. Valkyrimon held the hilt with both hands and pulled it back and to the right and then launched forward. The sword sunk into Boltmon's stomach.

"Fenrir Sword!" the warrior slid the blade up and in an arc to the left. A light glowed in the wounds and soon enough a blast of fire and ice swept across the wound. Boltmon screamed and fell backwards. Valkyrimon looked down at the cyborg.

"Hehe, you got me…" hissed Boltmon. "You got me good…"

"I'm sorry," said Valkyrimon. Boltmon exploded into data, "We will destroy Lucemon, and soon all will be free of that damned spell…"

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"Maverick!" streams of plasma belched from the barrel of the oozy as the demon walked into the bar. The demon lord smirked as a group of Kotemon exploded into dust.

"Oi, you can't do that!" shouted a voice. He stood up. A brown and white monkey stood with a red and blue mask covering his face. He lifted a large boomerang. "You just killed them for no reason!"

The monkey glared at the man. The man wore a blue pin striped gangster suit and pants. A grey cloak swept around his body with, blood red, silk scarves that hung over his shoulders. He had grey hair that came from behind his black horned helmet and down along his jowls. Black wings flicked back and he laughed at the shaman monkey.

"Heh, if you miss them so much join them!" The demon lifted his gun at the monkey, "So long, Sepikmon, Maverick!" plasma ripped through the shaman and the demon walked up to the bar. The bar tender an old Woodmon cowered a little. The demon laughed, "Give me a drink, a sarsaparilla." The Woodmon lifted the drink to the counter. The man laughed and took a sip, "I'm taking over this town."

The Woodmon nodded. The tree trunk shuddered slightly and looked at the demon. "What's your name, stranger?"

"Astamon, don't like it?" growled the demon the barrel of his oozy bopped the trunk's face.

"No, that, that sounds like a fine name…" yelped the Woodmon as he skittered backwards.

"I'm here on orders from Lord Lucemon, to take this city and clean out the riffraff," said the demon as he turned to look around the saloon.

Woodmon slipped into the back of the bar. The Mushroomon that worked for the tree trunk looked up in surprise from their poker game.

"You must go, get help, Lord Lucemon has sent a flunky…a ruthless flunky…" growled Woodmon. "Hurry."

"Bar keeper!" shouted the voice of Astamon. "Where'd ya go?" The purple mushrooms scurried out the back door. placated the tree trunk as he scuffled into the front.

"You know, I may like this town…" whispered the demon as he leaned against the bar. "May like it a lot…" He turned, "Who runs this place?"

"Wisemon," replied the Woodmon. "He…lives in the house down the street."

"Heh, well I best deal with him," Astamon pushed off of the bar and started to walk out of the saloon. He shifted the weight of his gun so it clicked and then pushed on the door.

Woodmon was shaking. Ten minutes passed and then there was a shout and then, patter tatter pat pat pat…tat. Woodmon was shaking uncontrollably and then Astamon returned and threw the dissolving body of Wisemon on the ground.

"Like I said, 'I'm taking over', put another sarsaparilla up on the bar," called the demon and he walked forward.

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AN: Thanks to Qiviut, things will start to get exciting, this part of the adventure will more than likely be akin to DNA digivolutions in '02 when it comes to plotlines. Next chapter we begin the clean up of Cthulhumon's corps the battle with Astamon and we'll see how Ancient Sphinxmon does….