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The Third Cruelty of Lucemon
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Black bolts of lightning flew forward slamming the destined digimon and the Harmonious Ones. The lightning covered the digimon in a dark aura. The Champions rushed forward but were caught up in the attack and were sent flying backwards in their baby form.
Valkyrimon crashed into the ground, hard, skidding several feet before being deposited into a bench. Justimon had been implanted in a tree not far from the avian warrior. Black MegaGargomon was dented and burned in his position in an alley. The dragon Imperialdramon was on his back with his Paladin counterpart on top of him. The gleam of the white armor of the paladin dragon was now tainted with a dark haze. Goddramon was snagged in some torn power lines, his golden body was now a murky copper as the darkness cover him. Tiger Vespamon was sprawled out on the street his sword was lying in the gutter. The four Harmonious Ones hovered over the ground, their heads bowed and eyes closed. The glow of their powerful auras was tainted by the energy of Lucemon's attack.
Shakkoumon had tried to absorb the attack but soon enough his clay frame was overtaken and he was tossed aside like an old coffee mug. Silphymon, Karatenmon and Lilymon were all lying in a clump on the ground unable to move or even twitch.
"Can't…give…up…" Valkyrimon hissed as he struggled to rise to his feet. His numb muscles and nerves refused his attempts and all he got out of the endeavor was an ache that ran up and down his limbs.
"Valkyrimon!" Ai's voice shouted.
"Valkyrimon are you ok?" shouted Akeno. The avian warrior could barely move his eyes to the side to get a slight glimpse of his two partners moving towards him.
"Black MegaGargomon!" shouted Sumi as she ran towards the fallen Megas.
"Goddramon!" Isamu, his father and Agumon were rushing forward.
"Imperialdramon!" Ken, Davis, Kiyoshi and Kougi shouted, each pair meant a different dragon but they shouted the name at the same time anyways.
"Tiger Vespamon…" Hiroshi was at the wasp's side. "Please…speak to me…"
"Justimon…" Noriko and Kitai looked up at the planted cyborg. Kitai was quick to scramble up and try and help the digimon from his place in the tree.
"Karatenmon!" Kuro was shaking the tengu trying to wake it from the stupor it was in.
"Shakkoumon!" Cody was next to the statuesque digimon and scrambled towards its head. "Please tell me you're ok…"
"He has to be ok…" whispered Takeru looking up at the Ultimate.
"Zhuqiaomon…Ebonwumon…" Sora was on the back of Birdramon and was gliding near the Harmonious Ones.
"Azulongmon, Baihumon!" Koushiro and Kabuterimon made a pass by the dragon and the tiger.
"Silphymon…" Yolei kneeled down next to the avian and feline mixed cyborg.
Kari stroked the top feathers of the cyborg. The cyborg's hand slowly rose up and clasped Kari's. It then moved over to Yolei and gently laid its claws on the long streaks of scabbed blood that was on the woman's cheek.
"Can't….let….him win this way…" Silphymon gasped slowly as if every word hurt. "Have to fight back…"
"No…" Yolei's eyes were tearing up streams of salt laced water trailed over the wounds the demon angel had inflicted on her cheek making them burn slightly. "I can't let you get hurt…"
"Can't…let him…" Silphymon coughed slightly and looked at the ruby streaks on Yolei's cheek. "Can't let him get away with hurting my partners…"
"You can't fight like this…" whispered Kari. "Even if you want to, we can't win like this…"
Joe was running up with his medical bag and then he stopped short looking in awe at the digimon. "Dear…god…." The words fell from his lips unconsciously.
Isamu was looking up at Goddramon. The burned dragon's head shifted slightly and looked down at the human.
"Don't worry, Isamu…I'm not afraid of him…" whispered the dragon quietly. "We'll get him, you just watch…"
"No…you can't, he'll hurt you more!" yelped the boy loudly.
"Don't be afraid…" whispered the dragon. "We can win…if we want to."
Kitai was pulling on Justimon trying to dislodge him gently from the tree but he was tangled up in the limbs.
"I-I can't do this…" whispered Kitai quietly.
"Don't give up your hope…" Kitai blinked and looked down at the cyborg. The voice of Pidmon echoed quietly. "Nothing is hopeless, we can't give up."
"You can rely on us," whispered Thunderballmon's voice.
"You can't go back there and get thrashed again!" called Noriko loudly.
"We can't let the citizens of both worlds down, we are their last best hope…" whispered the combined voice of Thunderballmon and Pidmon.
"I'm so sorry Tiger Vespamon…" Hiroshi kneeled next to the insect knight.
"We can not run away. We have to fight on, with true conviction in our hearts…" whispered the wasp.
"No…I don't want you to get hurt again…" Hiroshi's words fell between soft gasps.
"We can't just fight the fights where we won't get hurt…" replied the wasp quietly. "We have to fight with conviction every battle, every evil…"
Sumi looked up at the giant android. "It's impossible…he's too strong we have to run away…"
The black armor lacked the luster it had before. The green eyes of the android shifted slightly. "Sumi…we can't give up…we haven't thought of everything…there has to be a way…we just have to think our way through…"
Kougi looked up at the now deep purple dragon with the midnight blue wings. "I'm so sorry…this fight has only hurt our friends more than helped…"
"We would be just extending the torture if we made them continue to fight…" whispered Kiyoshi as he gently stroked the leathery skin of the dragon.
"He will destroy the worlds…we have to fight, if we don't he'll do more than hurt our friends…" whispered Imperialdramon quietly. "He will strip the worlds of their energy and make it his own, there is nothing crueler than that…"
Akeno placed his hand on Valkyrimon's sword. He looked up at the warrior. He slowly lifted the heavy implement and pointed it up at Lucemon. "I will not let him win…"
"No, Akeno…" Ai held the boy and pushed the blade of the sword into the ground. "No…we can't he's too strong."
"We can't let this continue!" shouted Akeno and he pushed Ai from him and lifted the sword slightly staggering. "If I have to I'll go alone!"
"Akeno…" Valkyrimon slowly lifted his hand up and put it on the boy's shoulder. "You will never have to fight alone…"
Omega walked forward and lifted his hands to Akeno and a stream of light flickered forward and entered the boy. The child's eyes hardened and he looked up at Lucemon. He lifted the sword up confidently and a peel of light fired up into the sky.
"We are done…playing," said a strong, female voice from Akeno's mouth. "The Guardians of the Digital World will not allow this to continue…" Akeno's glowing body lifted the sword above his head and an explosion of light washed upwards.
Omega nodded and watched as the dark aura faded from the Harmonious Ones and from the Mega digimon. Omega lifted his walking stick and pointed it at the four holy beasts. A rainbow of color enveloped the beasts and a golden light started to rupture the rainbow dome that covered them.
"Ebonwumon, Zhuqiaomon, Azulongmon, and Baihumon. We are the Sovereigns of the North, South, East and West…more than our quadrants are in danger, we must merge our power, so all may be saved!" The golden energy exploded. "Together we are the One…the Mighty Sovereign of the Center, the protector of all…We are Huanglongmon!"
The digi-destined looked up as the golden scaled dragon reared into the sky. Two lines of curled spikes rose up parallel to his spine. Throbbing digi-cores pulsed between the curled spines and the crocodilian head roared with the four voices of the Sovereigns.
"And I thought you looked cool when you turned into Paildramon…" whispered Davis unconsciously as he looked up at the white armored, Imperialdramon. The white armored dragon could only nod unconsciously as he watched the mighty sovereign glow into existence.
The burnished gold dragon turned its head to Lucemon. "You have brought the greatest threat to the Digital and Human World ever…your crimes are innumerable. Your plans stop here! TAI…..CHI!" a golden orb fired forward exploding into an indescribable rainbow that filled the skies. The colors faded. The mighty sovereign growled softly. "Impossible."
Other than being pushed back to the Odaiba side of the bay there was no real damage to the lavender demon dragon. The black sphere pulsed once and released a stream of energy into the sky.
"Fools, your holy powers cannot harm me!" growled Lucemon. The dragon smirked slightly. "In fact…I have a nice little trick where I can process what I want from them and then…Purgatorial FLAME!" Black flames rushed forward. They were quick to engulf Huanglongmon.
"No way…" Taichi and Yamato looked up at the now scorched sovereign.
"What are we?" growled the Mega Digimon as they shook off the remnants of the Annihilism Maelstrom, "chopped liver?"
"Wait…" Omega narrowed his eyes, "We have an idea…but we need to get inside of that…" Omega pointed forward with his walking stick towards the dark sphere that Lucemon held.
"We'll keep the big guy busy…" said the Mega digimon. They looked at Silphymon, Lilymon and Karatenmon, "you guys get in close and help Omega get into that sphere."
The Ultimates nodded and flew over lifting the old man up and jetted forward. Behind them the Megas flew forward firing barrages of attacks. Lucemon immediately aimed his attacks at the Megas as they wheeled around him in all directions. The Ultimates flew low over the water's surface and under Lucemon. They backtracked under the dragon's stomach trying to remain under the radar. The three of them hovered in front of the sphere.
"Now what?" Lilymon asked quietly looking at the swirls of dark energy as they rolled over the sphere's surface.
"Leave everything to us…" said Omega and he took a leap into the sphere. The three digimon blanched as the old man disappeared into the darkness.
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"Only one of us can go," whispered Omega quietly to himself. "If more leave we will not have the power to hold back the miasma and this hominid frame will perish."
"I will go," said a voice, a child's voice. Omega nodded and an emerald pulse fled from his body and shot forward toward a murky source of light in the center of the sphere.
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"Fenri…arr!" Valkyrimon was clipped by the maroon flames of the dragon's Tide of Despair.
"Yellow Circle!" A yellow band of energy, from Huanglongmon, wrapped tightly around Lucemon. A second flew around the dragon's snout.
"Omega Sword!" the blade sliced forward a small flare of crimson rushed over the scales of Lucemon's body only to have the flare recede. Lucemon growled loudly and exploded free of the yellow confines and fired a blast of maroon flames at the Paladin Imperialdramon.
"Justice KICK!" A spinning cyborg planted his feet into the side of Lucemon's head and then rebounded back to a large violet bodied dragon with azure wings.
"Positron Laser!" the dragon then shot forward firing bolts of light into the dragon's face.
"Gargo Missile!" crimson missiles rammed into Lucemon's snout exploding violently.
"God Flame!" golden flames raged up Lucemon's neck and slapped his face.
"Double Royal Master!" The X shaped blast of flames slammed the dragon on his flank as the wasp flashed around the large winged beast and fired salvos of missiles into the side of its head.
"Lightning Arrow!" bursts of light pelted Lucemon's face and plinked off of the face plate.
"Giga Death!" a streamer flew forward and was followed by a cloud of light that erupted in Lucemon's face.
"TAI CHI!" a second blast erupted around the demonic dragon
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The larva with in the sphere shuddered as the sphere shook under the assault. Its feather wings quivered slightly as its body was being drained to heal the wounds. His crimson eyes watered slightly as the energy was drained from him.
"Kage…please…it's hurting me…" whispered the insect quietly.
"Be silent!" rumbled the voice of the dragon. "You will be subservient like all others!"
Suddenly an emerald light appeared in front of Kougen. The insect floated back slightly in surprise. The miasma around the light purified and took a human form. A small child was the form it took, a child with a green helmet that barely held unruly blonde hair and soft blue eyes and a small, round, pleasant face. White robes hung and his small body.
"Hi," chirped the child cheerfully.
"Who are you?" asked the insect in surprise.
"I'm Hope!" cheered the child and he looked at the insect pleasantly. "And you are Kougen, the protector."
The insect blinked in surprise. "You know me?"
"Of course, silly!" giggled the child. "I helped make you! Don't you remember? I'm one of the Guardians!"
The crimson eyes of the larva widened in surprise. "Then Kage has done more damage than I imagined if you were willing to interfere…"
The child's eyes hardened. "Yes, yes he has. And yet you continue to help him…"
"I have to…" replied the larva.
"Why?" the child asked quietly. There was another explosion. The child looked back. "Huanglongmon has given a portion of his digi-core power to let the new Imperialdramon mode change…"
"That will not make a difference," said the insect with a sigh.
"No…it won't, because you continue to protect Kage," said the child quietly. He looked directly into Kougen's eyes. "Why are you doing this?"
The insect fidgeted. "It wasn't meant to be like this!" whimpered the insect under the stare of the guardian. "I was only going to bring peace! No one would listen! I just wanted peace!" The insect curled up.
The young boy with a bright green helmet and bright blue eyes and white robes walked up to the larva, "Then give up…" The larva looked up in surprise, "The virus in you links you to Kage; he is using that link to use your healing power, if you give up, Kougen, your viral self cannot fight back as proficiently as long as you will not allow it." The child moved in close and put a soft hand on the side of the larva's head. "You can inhibit the virus if you wish…"
"Are you sure?" the insect nuzzled gently. The boy nodded. The insect looked up. "How do I inhibit the virus?"
"Release all of your energy," said the child softly. "Doing so will weaken Kage considerably."
The larva nodded. Its eyes narrowed and a light started to emanate from the insect's body. The light seemed to grow the darkness retreating from the raw strength of Kougen's light; even the Guardian of Hope was forced to shield its eyes from the light. The dark sphere started to collapse and Hope looked at what was left. A small marshmallow, yin-yang of a creature was all that was left. Hope lifted its hand as that too faded to dust. "Rest peacefully child…" Hope's body lost physicality and returned to Omega.
The old man looked up and quickly retreated to the Ultimates waiting outside the collapsing sphere of darkness.
"What did you do?" yelped Lilymon as Omega lurched out of the darkness.
"Talked to a sad, sad child," said Omega quietly. He pulled a D-terminal out of his robes and typed a short message and sent it, not to just the digi-destined of Tokyo, not to the digi-destined of Japan, not to just the digi-destined in general, but to every human in the world, a message to turn all their prayers, hopes, dreams, wishes and love to the fight in Odaiba. The Ultimates quickly flashed to the shore as Lucemon continued to roar and writhe, confused as to why the dark sphere was gone. "Hurry we have only one chance at this, we must all focus all of our power at Lucemon!"
He lifted his walking stick up and a rainbow beam flashed forward. A large circle opened up behind Lucemon, a lake of colors that twisted into existence.
"A…" Koushiro looked up.
"Digi-port…" finished the others. Omega nodded. "We will seal Lucemon in the dying Digital World, and there he can safely be destroyed."
"Everyone!" shouted Taichi. He pointed up to Huanglongmon. "Direct your fire into one blast!"
A golden orb appeared in front of the harmonious golden dragon. The Champions fired their attacks. The orb grew slowly.
"Static Force!" Silphymon made the largest orb of power that the cyborg had ever made and launched it into the golden sphere.
"Raven Blades!" large black X's fired forward.
"Justice BEAM!" two bars of crimson energy flashed forward.
"Flower Cannon!" emerald blasts fired from the flower cannon.
"Our turn!" growled the purple Imperialdramon, now a standing bipedal fighter. He opened the chest armor. "Giga DEATH!"
The white armored Paladin lifted his sword and threw it into the orb. "Omega Sword!" The golden sphere ballooned.
"Fenrir Sword!" A spiraling twister of ice and flame rushed forward into the golden bubble.
"God Flame!" Golden tongues of fire swept around and into the sphere.
"Double Royal Master!" the X of energy was followed by the twin swords as the sphere in front of Huanglongmon grew.
"Gargo Missile!" The crimson missiles flew forward and were engulfed by the sphere.
"Justice Burst!" Justimon lifted his arm and fired a stream of lavender energy into the sphere.
The digi-destined held up there digi-vices and their D-3s the other humans lifted cellphones, laptops, rosary beads, crosses or just lifted their eyes up to Huanglongmon saying a silent prayer. Thousands, no, millions of rivers of light flowed into the golden orb. Lucemon was growling softly but the other Megas re-engaged the dragon to keep the beast from interfering.
Lights filter in from the horizon. They flew in from the north and from the south and they came from the west and east. Not just millions of lights but billions merged together in the sky like on giant star that pulsed with the combined strength of every sentient life on the planet. This also fell and engorged the golden orb.
Hiroshi walked up next to Sumi. "I…just…want you to know…Sumi…"
The girl turned and looked at him. "Yes…"
"I…umm…I think I like you a lot and if, you know…we don't die…" Hiroshi stuttered slowly. "Would you like to go on a date or something…?"
"Look, now is not that time," Hiroshi instantly looked down with defeat, "but…oh what the heck, if we live I suppose I wouldn't mind," She leaned in and gave him a little kiss on the cheek. Hiroshi blushed fifteen shades of red and his D-3 burst forth three times as strong as before.
Lucemon hovered angrily in front of the digi-port. Their resistance was now a threat. He growled, and then he realized something. Kougen was gone. A dark laugh escaped his lungs. He could release the Hazard. He let out a victorious roar. "I'll destroy everything in my path; nothing can stop me, nothing!"
"Tai CHI!" the orb flew. Lucemon roared as he was pushed back. The sphere threatened to consume him. It burned his scaled body and continued to push. The radiance faded and Lucemon found himself in a familiar place.
The dragon snarled. "The Digital World…" He turned his head. "I'll just go back to the Human World and finish them off!"
"No you won't!" called the four voices of the Harmonious Ones merged as one.
"Tai Chi!" A second, golden burst, infinitely smaller than the one that had pushed him through the digi-port, slammed against his head.
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Karatenmon slowly glided back towards the shore when something dropped from the sky. It bounced off of his head and with lightning reflexes the tengu snatched the object as it fell in front of him. It was a small pendent, with a Christmas star covered by a moon. It was cracked and burned. Karatenmon was quick to slip the object into his jacket and continue to the shore.
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"WE DID IT!" the digi-destined started to hug one another. They cheered and their digimon dropped to the ground de-digivolving, the Megas into their In Training forms and the Ultimates into the Rookie forms.
"Do not celebrate yet…" Omega looked up. Small warps and fissures in the sky revealed a catastrophic battle. A golden dragon was struggling to hold back a darker dragon. Each was tossing bolts of power back and forth at each other.
"We have to help, Huanglongmon…" whispered Isamu quietly.
"There is nothing you can do," replied Omega. "Even I can not restore the energy to all the digimon here, and even if I were to do so, the Digital World is in such a condition that it would be too dangerous to open a large enough port to allow you through. We can not risk Lucemon re-entering this world."
"So we leave it up to Huanglongmon?" shouted Taichi loudly.
"It is his duty to protect the Digital World, it is his lot in life as you say," Omega looked at the digimon. "We must retreat now, to the World of Dreams…"
"Awe…can't we just stay with our partners?" asked Koromon as he nuzzled against Isamu.
"I cannot risk losing you all," replied Omega. He looked up. "If Lucemon releases the Hazard power, the Digital World will be destroyed; trust me, any digimon in the Human World will not like the consequences of the Digital World's destruction. So be quick with your good byes.
"Upamon…" Noriko knelt down and looked at the little ball of fluff.
"Tokomon…" Kitai hugged Tokomon tightly.
"Koromon, be careful, and don't do anything I wouldn't do…" whispered Isamu quietly hugging the ball of pink fur.
"So I get to do anything?" sniffed Koromon.
"No," sniggered Isamu through tears.
"Awe…" whimpered the ball.
"Poromon," Ai grabbed the ball of feathers up in a tight hug. "You have to come back as soon as you can!"
"Will do, Ai…" whispered the bird.
"Nyaromon, I don't want you to go…" whispered Akeno quietly.
"Don't worry, it's not forever, just until we can get the Digital World fixed…" replied the ball of felinity.
"DemiVeemon, I wish you could stay here with me…" said Kougi as he hugged the lavender chibi-dragon.
"I do too, mmm noodles…" chirped the little lavender creature.
"You're my best friend…" whispered Kougi quietly.
"You're mine too…" returned DemiVeemon.
Hiroshi and Kiyoshi were hugging the little larva in the pine cones. The Minomon were hugging back.
"We'll come and visit when things get fixed," said Hiroshi between sniffles.
"Don't let DemiVeemon get you in trouble…" said Kiyoshi.
"OI I HEARD THAT!" shouted the lavender chibi-creature loudly.
"Hawkmon…" Yolei hugged the little raptor tightly.
"Yolei….you're….hurting me…" gasped the hawk.
"Salamon…you have to watch out for the others, ok?" Kari said quietly.
"Don't worry, they beat Lucemon, they can take care of a lot of things…but don't worry, I'll keep my cat's eye on them," replied the puppy/kitten. Kari hugged the creature.
"Armadillomon, remember you have to eat right," said Cody quietly. "I know how you get if someone isn't watching you."
"Awe, Cody…" Armadillomon rolled his eyes. "Don't worry."
"Be careful Patamon, and don't let Tokomon have too many sweets," Takeru looked at his partner. He tried to hold back the tears.
"Don't worry, TK, I'll send you a letter as soon as I can," replied Patamon quietly.
Davis looked down at the blue DemiVeemon at his feet. "So buddy, I guess this is good bye…"
"Only for a bit, Davis…it will be like an extended holiday," said DemiVeemon quietly.
"Yeah…" whispered Davis. He rubbed DemiVeemon's head ruffling the little creature's ears.
"Don't worry, Ken," Minomon was resting on his partner's lap. "We'll be back getting the bad guys in no time."
"I'm sure we will," Ken gave a half hearted smile to his partner. "And we'll have the others to help now too…"
"Kuro…" Psychemon put his hand on the boy's shoulder.
"It's not fair…I only got you back and you have to go…" growled Kuro. He clenched his hand tightly.
"Please…don't worry, I'll come back soon enough, you just wait and see, please, promise," whispered the digimon quietly.
"Do you promise not to forget to come back…" returned Kuro quietly.
"I won't forget you ever," whispered Psychemon. The small pendant twisted between Psychemon's fingers.
Kuro turned and hugged the digimon tightly. "I will be waiting!"
Agumon and Tai shook hands politely and said their temporary farewells as did Matt and Gabumon. Sora and Biyomon hugged each other tightly and cried a little. Mimi and Palmon cried hysterically and Omega had to physically pry them apart. Koushiro and Tentomon spoke quietly trying to rationalize the sadness they felt. Joe and Gomamon shook hand and flipper and Joe ruffled Gomamon's hair. The digi-destined everywhere were saying their last good byes.
"It is time…" said Omega quietly. The old man lifted his walking stick and a rainbow flew into the sky and exploded in all directions. The colorful flash subsided to reveal all the digimon to be gone as was the old man.
The digi-destined looked up. They knew deep down that at worst it would mean a week, maybe a month away from their partners but still there was not a dry eye on the planet. Some were feverishly reaching to the sky to try and retrieve what had left. As the humans screamed and cried, an explosion ripped through the air. A pulse of emerald light swept the surface of the planet. The humans blinked. Little had they known; Lucemon's last cruelty was taking place, the cruelty that would be unknown; the cruelty that their partners would not be coming back in a week or a month.
The humans scratched their heads trying to remember why they were standing in the debris and why an island was on fire. They looked at their empty cupped hands. Some had sworn that there were monsters; others had sworn that the earlier moments had been the battle of Armageddon and a satanic dragon had risen from the ocean. Some had spoken of a great battle others spoke of little devices that caused small monsters to turn into larger monsters. The scientists after twenty years said that it was a massive group hallucination brought on by a meteor's explosion in the sky that had caused the cataclysmic damage everywhere.
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AN: I can hear the groans now. "MEMORY LOSS!" Well memory loss is a bit of a necessity…as one would see….but this story is not over, no, oh no, we have to finish off Lucemon, he is yet to be destroyed!
Dark Qiviut: What was so great? There was some explosions and them growling and some other stuff…So what would be so great about this chapter then…hmm?
Hehe…I worry that this is a bit too MaloMyotismon for everyone…but eh. I think it works better here, for some reason, but I think that's because I wrote it…so it probably isn't better.
Megalevel: Yay, above average! I'm glad it keeps you interested.