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The First Cruelty of Lucemon
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"I have no fear of you!" shouted the knight loudly and he spun his double axe over his head. "QUO VADIS!"
The energy bolts that rained from the axe bounced of huge barriers around the Harmonious Ones. The attack even elicited a short chuckle from Zhuqiaomon.
"Fool, you dare go against the gods of the Digital World, alone?" asked the bird loudly. "We are not the weakened group of digimon you destroyed!"
"Aye, we won't be so easy to defeat now that you're without your fancy tricks and light shows, me laddy," said the right head of the turtle. The left head nodded in agreement.
"Plus…" Valkyrimon was struggling to his feet. "We're here to help them!" The avian warrior looked back to his compatriots who were strenuously rising to their feet.
The large blue dragon looked down at the three destined digimon. "You have seen enough battle for one day; let us deal with this 'Dukemon'."
"We vowed to protect this world," Called Noriko from her position behind a rock pile where her and the others had been watching. "We will see this out!"
"It's only fair, we were asked to fight for this world and we accepted," Sumi continued from where Noriko finished, "We won't let that world down now."
"It is our will as the digi-destined to protect that world which we love," called Ai looking up pleadingly at the four Harmonious Ones.
"Ah the wee lassies want to fight," intoned the turtle with a smile. "We can't, not let them help."
"It is their will, so it will be done!" growled Baihumon and he closed his eyes. A soft light filled Valkyrimon, Black MegaGargomon, and Justimon. The burns, scratches and ruptures on their bodies faded to nothing and they instead glowed with a luminance that they had previously lacked.
"You ready for round two?" growled Valkyrimon as he raised his sword.
The knight didn't speak he just struck. The blades of his axe slamming forward against the Fenrir Sword. Justimon leapt over Valkyrimon and spun around leveling a hard kick to the knight's head sending the beast reeling backwards.
"My turn! Mega Barrage!" the spit fire missiles whistled forward exploding into the muddy crimson armor of the knight. The ground caught on fire and flames washed around the knight.
"Quo Vadis!" A blast shot forward slamming the three Megas causing them to go careening backward. The flames around Dukemon slightly obscured the knight. He chuckled and swept the axe parting the flames like some fiery Red Sea. He took flight and flashed his axe at the turtle Harmonious One. "Quo Vadis!" strikes of white and crimson energy raged against the emerald energy barrier around the twin headed turtle.
"Oi!" shouted the right head. "You little rapscallion!" The left head growled softly and the branches of his trees shook. "Black Hail!" black and green bursts of energy fell from the trees slamming the knight to the ground.
The blue dragon swept in front of the turtle. "I'll take it from here, Ebonwumon. Lightning Whip!" The chain that surrounded the dragon flashed forward. The electrical energy around the chain struck out at the knight. The beast roared in anger as he sliced forward with his axe.
"Blazing Helix!" inter-twisting columns of flame struck Dukemon in the back, cooking the leathery wings of the knight.
Baihumon opened his mouth, a bulb of light appeared in his throat, "VAJRA!" a comet of light slammed Dukemon in the chest driving him into the soil.
"Fenrir Sword!" Valkyrimon flashed into the sky slicing his sword forward. Twisting flames and ice crashed down into Dukemon's crater.
"Thunder Clap!" Justimon drove his fists into the ground and flung Dukemon into the air.
"Gargo Missile!" smiling, crimson missiles shot down from the huge black armored, mechanical digimon driving Dukemon back into the crater and exploding.
The dust swirled upwards as a figure rose out of its grave. It had held aloft a blazing sword. He pushed it forward. "Invincible SWORD!" light raged forward. Valkyrimon, Justimon and Black MegaGargomon groaned as the light sliced through their matrices. The Harmonious Ones let out a soft growl. The knight charged forward toward the blue dragon with his sword drawn.
"Azulongmon!" shouted Akeno and Kitai.
"Fenrir Sword!" Valkyrimon dropped down meeting the blade with his own. Dukemon's blade pulsed and Valkyrimon was pushed aside.
"Voltage Blade!" Justimon ran and then leapt up after the knight. Dukemon turned and swept his blade at Justimon driving the cyborg back to the ground.
"Desolation Blast!" Zhuqiaomon flew in front of Dukemon unfurling his wings. The shockwave stopped the knight with a grunt and he glared at the phoenix.
"Out of my way…" knight growled the.
Zhuqiaomon only let out a grunt-like chuckle and opened his beak. "Phoenix Fire!" a fire ball pushed Dukemon backward. "No one, demands a Harmonious One to do anything!"
Black MegaGargomon jetted upwards towards. Valkyrimon was on his right shoulder and Justimon was on his left shoulder. Dukemon was standing again, his sword at the ready.
Ebonwumon and Baihumon hovered next to Azulongmon and Zhuqiaomon. The four Harmonious Ones were standing together in true solidarity, for the first time in centuries. The bickering was gone, the anger and aggravation, their power was completely focused.
"Thank you for becoming one huge target!" chuckled the knight as he pointed his sword forward. "INVINCIBLE SWORD!" A pulse of blazing light fired forward.
"Fenrir Sword!" Valkyrimon slashed forward sending twisting columns of fire and ice at the blast.
"Thunder Clap!" the mechanized hands of Justimon slammed together. An arc of electro-sonic energy rushed forward and engulfed the sword's attack.
"Gargo Missile!" the smiling, crimson missile rocketed forward.
Azulongmon rolled into a circle and looked a lot like a gateway, as shimmering energy rippled in the circle, "AURORA FORCES!" the energy raged forward.
"Blazing Helix!" twisting columns of flame combined with the auroras.
"Black Hail!" the nodules of black energy rained down with the flames.
"Iron Claws!" The white tiger, Baihumon slashed his front claws forward releasing crimson crisscrosses of energy. The attacks of the four Harmonious Ones merged with the attacks of three destined digimon. The, now single, attack rammed the oncoming blaze from Dukemon. The two attacks halted mid-strike. Dukemon gasped in shock as his attack, plus his enemies attacks flew towards him.
"IMPOSSIBLE!" shouted Dukemon.
The attacks washed through Dukemon like Ginsu knives through half melted butter. The knight dropped to his knees. His sword exploded into data. His wings quivered slightly. His eyes were turned upwards towards his assailants.
"This battle is over!" announced Zhuqiaomon as he turned a, literally and figuratively, heated glare on the knight kneeling on the ground.
"Surrender," demanded the left head of Ebonwumon.
"You cannot hope to continue this battle," called Azulongmon loudly.
"And do not expect mercy from us," growled Baihumon. "We have neither time nor patience for the likes of you, loader…"
Dukemon unlatched his double axe and used it as a prop to lift himself to his feet. He pointed it weakly at the destined digimon. "Quo…."
"Lightning Arrows!" Valkyrimon fired his arrows that split into multiple projectiles.
"Justice BURST!" Justimon's arm shifted into a cannon that fired a violet burst.
The two attacks slammed into Dukemon's exposed chest. His armor started to crack. He staggered back dropping his axe.
Black MegaGargomon rocketed forward with his fist clenched, "POWER PUMMEL!"
The fist of the mechanical digimon crashed through the chest armor of the knight. Light flashed through the breach and cracked the armor even more. Dukemon then exploded into azure and violet data.
The data hung in the air lazily like fruit suspended in Jell-O. The four god-like digimon hovered uncomfortably over the data.
"Why hasn't the data evaporated into limbo?" growled Zhuqiaomon.
"We have more important things to deal with…yes, indeed we do…" said a man who walked out from the bushes. He pulled back his hood.
Sumi gasped in surprise and ran forward pointing, "I KNOW YOU! You're in those pictures with my dad! You're…Gennai, before he youthed himself!"
The old man with his eyes squinted walked forward with the help of a cane. "We are not the one known as Gennai."
"Yes…yes you are," Sumi blinked in surprise at the declaration.
"We have only commandeered his body…" replied the multiple voices that spoke as one, like a huge DNA digivolved digimon. "The being you know as Gennai was attacked in the Human World, when the corrupted Guardian of Darkness possessed the human known as Kuro Ishida. His soul and body was severely damaged so we took him to our plane to do repairs, his soul is still being reconfigured…"
"You stole his body?" Noriko and the others were now walking up next to Sumi.
"That's just creepy…" whispered Ai quietly.
"Heh, I suppose that it seems rather, unethical, but we cannot manifest ourselves very efficiently…" said the old man.
"Who are you?" demanded Reese and he and Monodramon pushed forward.
"We are the Ten…" replied the man. The Harmonious Ones were bowed and seemed to be averting their eyes in reverence. "We are the Guardians of the Digital World…"
It took a few seconds before the true meaning of this statement sunk in. First Sumi gasped and then she was followed by Ai and then Kitai. Akeno looked up and looked into the eyes of man. Omega opened his eyes to reveal his irises. They were not one color but a merging of several in spectrum.
"You…or one of you, are the one that 'borrowed' my mother's body?" stated the boy with a lilt of interrogation.
The man nodded slowly. "One of us have…" He looked up at them. "We have been known to come to others in corporeal forms…"
"If you guys are the guardians of the world…" Ai looked sternly at the man. "Then why haven't you stepped in and stopped this…"
"We have a strict code about interfering in the work of the physical world, we deal mainly in the apportionment of reformation," replied the man quietly. "We only interfere when the danger is of such a level that the entire Digital World is at the greatest threat. This is such a time…"
"Why? Lucemon can't be so powerful…" whispered Kitai. "Otherwise you would have gotten rid of him immediately, right, Omega?"
Omega sighed softly and looked in the boy's eyes. "We created Lucemon, as a way to maintain harmony in the Digital World, unfortunately, malefactors in the Guardianship, mainly the disenfranchisement of the Guardian of Darkness lead to the inevitable corruption of the angel. We could not destroy him…"
"He's so strong, that you couldn't destroy him?" yelped Ai.
"No, we could not destroy the angel because he was our first creation, he was our child, and we, like all parents, were unwilling to destroy him," replied Omega quietly. "We sealed him away hoping over time his corruption would reverse, but as you can see that is not completely true…"
"Completely true? More like totally false!" growled Sumi quietly. She looked at Omega.
"You do not understand child," said the man quietly as he walked forward. "For you see, Lucemon is not just one being…"
"WHAT?" shouted the children in surprise.
"Lucemon is a mosaic being; it was the only way to maintain the stability of the primordial light and darkness that he is made from," replied Omega quietly. "He is a being that is half one being and half of another meshed together as one, with one or both as dominant. We named those aspects, Kage and Kougen; Kage is the shadow, the being of darkness, he holds much power, but he is unstable alone. Kage holds the true power of Lucemon, the Hazard."
The Harmonious Ones flinched at the term. The children looked back at them and then back at Omega.
"Hazard?" Sumi let the question fall out of her mouth.
"An ancient power, we created it in fear that there would be an event that would cause such an imbalance that the Digital World could not be re-equalized and we'd have to destroy it…" said Omega quietly as he looked up. "The Hazard has the ability to totally vaporize digital data, and totally etherealize the Digital World."
"So in other words, you made a monster that no one could control!" shouted Ai in anger.
"That is also not true," replied Omega quietly. He looked at the girl intensely. "Kougen of the light holds a very strong power, he is the defender, the protector, the basis of healing and defense; he is Kage's containment. Kage cannot activate the Hazard without Kougen's consent. As long as Kougen exists, Kage cannot activate the Hazard without his permission, but if Kougen were to be destroyed, then…"
"Kage would have free reign to unleash whatever he wanted," whispered the four Harmonious Ones together.
"It was believed that if Kougen's defensive abilities were overtaken then the world would be in too much disarray to save anyways…" whispered Omega quietly.
"So what, we can only destroy half of Lucemon?" asked Sumi with frustration.
"No, you must destroy him totally, leave no aspect of him alive or more damage than anyone can believe will be done," replied Omega. He looked at them. "Your family and friends have already begun the confrontation with Lucemon, against my will. We must go. The fools think they have won…but the contest is just beginning…" Omega turned slowly and lifted his walking stick. A large digi-port opened. He turned to talk to the digi-destined and their digimon but was stopped short. The remaining data of Dukemon was coalescing and when it had formed into one large ball it exploded forward as black lightning. Omega narrowed his eyes, "The times have become dire, go, destined ones, we will join you shortly…." The humans and their partners gulped and then ran into the port towards home. Omega turned to the Harmonious Ones. "You four, make ready for an evacuation, we have weakened the barrier between this world and the Dream World…"
"Lord Omega…" the four looked up. "Is it that serious?"
"It is, and we wish that our innocent children not be witness to the destruction that is going to come in the future battle," said Omega quietly. "When the evacuation is under good hands come to this area a port will be made so you can join the battle, we will need every scrap of power we can muster!"
The four beasts nodded in reverence and turned. Omega turned to the port he created and he walked through it slowly.
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Black and white wings were bent and folded against green metal. Golden hair was slathered in half spoiled mayonnaise and rotten lettuce. Diapers were crushed against his back. His right hand was lying in puddle of decomposing ooze. His left hand was gripping tightly to a book. His right arm was fading in and out with a static effect that hissed as the data deteriorated and reintegrated.
His eyes opened weakly. "I cannot be defeated…" His eyes looked up weakly and a weak smile covered his lips. A stream of black energy was rushing towards him. He released a growl and lifted the book up. The energy coursed down striking the book and then ran down his arms. He held the book by the spine and it exploded open to a page that had written in bright red, ancient digi-code, 'Divergence Evolution'. He was lifted out of the dumpster he had landed in. He could feel his body being torn in two.
A white angel ensnared in a black bubble phased out of his body and for the first time the two parts of Lucemon looked at each other with corporeal eyes.
"Well brother, are you ready to advance our power to limitless bounds?" asked the dark angel to his white counterpart. "Kougen, we will be unstoppable."
"You are not worthy of your power," growled the white angel. "Kage, you used to be so…"
"Weak? Yes, I used to be like you, soft hearted, but as you know, utopia wasn't founded on weak supports, someone has to enforce the rules, and that takes someone that cannot be swayed by sympathy," replied the dark angel. "Now, let us ascend!"
A dome of darkness erupted into the sky dragging a stream of light after it. The light was enveloped in a violet sphere that steadily darkened to pitch. A beastly form appeared in the sky.
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"AI!" Yolei grabbed her daughter and hugged her so tightly the girl nearly choked. The girl hadn't time to notice the crimson streaks on her mother's cheek.Yolei looked behind Ai and saw Valkyrimon standing behind Akeno. "Who's the hunk?"
Ai coughed loudly, suppressed a very strong blush and looked at her mother, "That's umm…Valkyrimon, he's my…partner…"
"Muy caliente…" whispered Yolei quietly.
"I heard that!" Ken said with a playful grin. Who was with Hiroshi and Kiyoshi.
"But he just doesn't have that Ichijouji, appeal," snickered Yolei as she looked at her husband.
Ai felt like she was going to get sick and scooted from her parents and returned to Valkyrimon's side. Justimon, Noriko and Kitai were with Takeru and Cody. Sumi and Koushiro were looking at Black MegaGargomon.
All the families were back together. It was like nothing had happened. The children were telling of their exploits. The parents were critiquing them. Hugs and kisses and head rubs were everywhere, then Omega arrived.
"GENNAI!" yelped the older chosen as the man walked forward.
"I am just the husk of Gennai," explained Omega holding his hand up. "I will explain all…"
He walked into the epicenter of the reunion. He was quick about the situation with Gennai's body and delved into Lucemon's biology.
The Chosen looked at each other and then at Omega. Koushiro spoke first. "So, we have to destroy the whole thing, and there is no second chance."
"That is correct, Lucemon will not hesitate to destroy everything if he believes he will lose, so the final strike has to be fast and hard," said Omega quietly.
"Who says we can even lay a scratch on him, I mean we got lucky with the Transcendent Sword," said Ken quietly. He looked intently at Omega.
"We can only hope," replied Omega softly.
"Is that why you wished us to fight him together? Because he had to be destroyed totally?" asked Taichi quietly.
"Yes," said Omega, "but seeing that you have failed to do so, we must only hope we can do enough damage to him. He looked up at the Mega Digimon around him and at the other Champions and Ultimates. "Everything is depending on this…"
"Isn't there a chance we did get him?" asked Davis indignantly. Everyone looked at him with a scowl. Davis returned the scowl, "What? It could be true we could have really beaten him!"
"Then what is that?" Omega pointed up at the sky. A swirling dark cloud was rotating in the sky. There was one pillar of light that seemed to be encroached by the dark clouds.
"Umm…swamp gas?" ventured Davis. Omega thwacked Davis over the head with his cane.
"Swamp gas will not have the capacity to destroy the Digital World…" replied Omega as he watched the dark clouds take shape.
A huge, lavender armored dragon with twelve leathery wings roared from the smoke. A golden, face mask covered his eyes and snout and he grasped a huge black orb. Its huge tail swept back and forth. The end of its tail had three claws that seemed to flex with each swish of the armored tail. Its claws were all golden and its huge teeth were pearly white.
"Holy crap…that thing is Lucemon?" gasped Isamu loudly.
"It's Kage at least..." replied Omega as he watched the dragon turn its long armored neck back and forth.
Suddenly the dragon opened its mouth and large maroon flames spewed out of its mouth and onto Odaiba. The entire island was now nothing but lavender flames.
"No…." whispered Akeno and Kari loudly. Akeno's hands clenched and he walked forward, "Kage, the shadow…You will not be allowed to win; the forces of light are coming!"
"Enough of this!" shouted Kougi as he clenched his fist. The flames flashed into the sky, "I'm sick of being lectured and crap, it's time we stand up to this bully!"
"Together, nothing can stop us!" shouted Kitai. The glow filled his face.
"Let's clean his cruel little clock!" shouted Kiyoshi. The shouts of frighten people and digimon filled the air as the flames roared upwards unsympathetic to victims of the attack.
"It's time we stand up to him," said Hiroshi. He looked up at Tiger Vespamon. Hiroshi could smell the smoke building in the east.
"We will avenge you, people of Odaiba…" Noriko looked up at the dragon as he let out a laughing roar and sent another trail of flames over the island of Odaiba.
"Grandmother, Grandfather…our loved ones were on that island…and that monster just killed them without a second thought!" Ai was clenching her fists angrily. Her face was lit by the glow of burning, homes, businesses, people.
"We cannot be afraid now, too much is hinging on our courage," said Isamu he looked up at the dragon. "I am not scared of him…"
"He'll learn…to mess with the digi-destined is to mess with an unforgiving foe, a foe that won't give up, won't relent, and won't stop until the evil are vanquished!" growled Sumi as she looked up at the dragon playing with Odaiba.
"Nothing will stop us, you will not win," growled Kuro loudly. The flames flickered in his eyes. Karatenmon was next to him. "We won't let you win, we will defeat you!"
"Forward, ho'!" shouted Taichi as he started to march to the shore of Tokyo Bay and towards the flames of the burning Odaiba.
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Lucemon has destroyed Odaiba, the childhood home of our favorite characters (ie most of the cast of Adventures incase you were confused), with nary a worry. From here on in…The battle rages. There is no turning back. No running away. Lucemon, the dragon, the Satan moded warrior is here, he is bad, and he is strong. Can the Digi-destined be able to stop him, will the combined power of the protectors of the Digital World be victorious, or will Lucemon achieve his Utopia? The darkness looms strong in this one my friends.
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YAY FOR EXPOSITION DUMPS!
Qiviut: The only reason I believed that people would have seen this coming is because…of the way the Lucemon just beat the hell out of Dukemon in the chapter that he receives the Gospel of the Fallen Angel…He basically puts Dukemon on his knees with a pissy look. And Lucemon has this aura of abusiveness around him. He overall doesn't look highly on his minions; I mean he forced two of them to fight to their death even though they were already had the fork in them. I guess it's unfair because I'm writing it, and eh the A to B to C seem so clear to me, I'm often worried if I'm being too, direct sometimes.
Eh I'll put this down too, A second title to this chapter was The Ten Who Speak As One...but I decided to arckify these coming chapters so...unenthused yay for changing my mind...Heh when writing these chapters Change into Power from digimon kept getting shuffled up on my playlist and so did the song fromYugioh The Movie's Sound Track, Shadow Games...