Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, the Chosen Digi-Destined, V-Tamer characters, the Tamers or the Frontier Digi-Destined. I also don't own the rights to the Dragonball GT, Yu Yu Hakusho or Digimon Frontier storylines. Dorothy Kaimodosu and Avengemon are character rights of Dark Warrior. Max, Keke, Kara, Tike, David, Sam and Pikkan are rightful characters of D3 creator, Max Acorn AKA MA. Wyveemon, Mega Veemon and Ultima X are characters contributed by Alan Wilkinson. Kaiser X, Himo Saitou, Sonja, Virus, and Burizalor are characters I've created for this story.

Sorry for the delay, guys. At least I got Chapter 30 of my Pharaohmon series up. I have even better news and that is: Chapter 31 WILL be posted sooner than possible this coming week. So be on the look out for that. ((smile)) As many of you notice, this saga is already winding down to the showdown between Omega X and Saitou. These next few chapters will be action packed and filled with dramatic scenes. Hope you guys are ready for that cause you'll never know when Millenniumon will show up.

Anyway, that's enough out of my egotistical ramblings. Let's get onto the chapter! Taichi vs. Saitou continues! Who is under the mask of X? Find out!

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On the last Digimon Fusion, the second round between Digital World's/Earth's defender Omega X clashes with the rogue Digital warrior, Saitou the Dark Angel. Saitou is just one step away from opening the tunnel between the Human world and the Dark Realm, in order to end the human race. With all of his friends looking on inside another dimensional vortex courtesy of Neo Saiba's Uraotoko, Omega X is the only one who can stop this madman. Deep within the Demon's Cavern and under the earth's caverns, the battle has been intense! However, the gap of power between these two have proven to be too great.

Just as Omega X had just found a detour through Saitou's defenses, the Dark Angel underwent a horrific transformation-unlike many enemies of the past. It was a transformation of the mind and not the body. He in fact was revealed to have seven deadly, unique personalities. Kain, the most sadistic and cruelest of them all, has emerged to send to a place where Tai has never been before: his grave, but, just in the knick of time, X has arrived on the scene to prevent his former apprentice from killing the warrior of courage. Just what exactly does X have in store for the Dark Angel with only nine minutes left to spare before the gates to hell open?

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(Digimon Frontier Opening theme "Fire!" plays)

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The Unmasking of X! The True Dark Angel Emerges, Himo Saitou!

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Rainbow Bridge. 7:51 P.M.

The dark ominous skies were thickening and already becoming black enough to turn the planet into a shadow realm. Radical lighting was starting to become quite a norm including the sudden appearance of 'monsters' worldwide. It was nothing like the sudden digimon invasion such as the events leading to the War Games. In fact, it was very much similar to the day when the portal to Digital Limbo opened and became synchronized with Earth's hell. To think these events were simply phases before the actual war gods known as the Synisters roam across the planet. The Digital Worlds, too, will eventually suffer the same fate.

The citizens of Tokyo, including many of its districts, were already retreating for their lives. There would be no point in staying in a city where monsters can easily create havoc and demolition. Japan's emperor attempted to speak out to calm his country down but his pleas came to no avail. The same can be said for nearly every other country with a leader, emperor, or president.

A battle across the sea channel around the Rainbow Bridge was intensifying. The New York Digi-Destined, Michael, gazed on as his digimon partner, Metal Seadramon, was keeping the rogue digimon at bay. The metallic beast used an array of his most powerful attack to knock away several Gesomon. He swung his tail across to send an Ebidramon towards the bridge.

"Gosh, darn! This is getting way out of hand!" Michael winced. "These rogue digimon are simply popping out everywhere! Here I came to Japan hoping for a vacation! This is much similar to that crisis just a few days ago with that hole in the sky! Thank goodness we took care of the problems in our country, but this is bad! If only the Digi-Destined can answer my calls!"

"RIVER OF POWER!"

Unleashing a mighty blast of blue-streamed energy, Metal Seadramon shoots down a Mega Seadramon. The red-scaled sea serpent let out a horrifying cry before collapsing into the sea.

"Talk about putting the smack down on your own ultimate level form," Metal Seadramon joked. "Michael! These guys are coming out of digital ports! I'm willing to put that Azulongmon's power is weakening. Without his digicores, there will be great unbalance between the worlds."

"And that's just Azulongmon?"

"Yes. I can't imagine what would happen if any of the other Holy Beasts lose their digicores. It would be a disaster."

"But Azulongmon's digicores are the most important since they are the ones used to grant wishes."

"That's right. Hopefully, the Digi-Destined were successful in conquering the seven beasts. They still have that rogue human to deal with."

"Which shouldn't be that big of a deal…"

"I'd like to think so, but I'm not so sure…"

Unbeknownst to Michael, Metal Seadramon was already feeling out a weakening ki coming from Demon's Cavern. He was already well aware of Omega X's incompacitation by Saitou's hand. Even he knew that he wouldn't stand a chance against this radically-powered human since Omega X level four was able to inflict any damage onto him.

"Metal Seadramon? Is there something wrong…?"

"No," the mega lied. "There's still more coming. I have a lot of work to do."

"We still have a lot of work to do! I have to convince these people to get away from the bridge as soon as possible."

"You do that, while I take care of these free loaders!"

With a nod, the blonde-haired young man sets out to group together the fleeing citizens to hurry over across the bridge. If they stayed any longer, then they would only become victimized by attacks inflicted by the digimon's attacks.

Metal Seadramon lets out a battle cry before setting off across the sea line channel to deal with another horde of Mega Seadramon. The packs chuckled amongst themselves before setting their sights on the more powerful mega. Before they even had a chance to attack, a large energy blast came raining down past Metal Seadramon and exploded through the sea bottom. The impact caused an eruption and sent the Mega Seadramon hordes scattering. Metal Seadramon looks behind to find the source of the attack. To his surprise, he found a half-man and half-horse Centaur being. It's head is encased inside a metal mask with a blade on it's top and a red eye inside the beast's concealed face. Its hands were completely metallic with purple orb-like skin patches across its body.

"Cen… Centarumon!"

"Greetings, Metal Seadramon. I take it you and Michael need some help."

"Gennai sent you here?"

"Yes, since the portals have been becoming quite the norm across the Digital World. Everyone's becoming a freeloader without the use of digivices. I see these fellows are from our Digital World in the Eastern sector of the Digi-Universe."

"I suppose so."

"In any case, we must deal with them."

"Do you not feel the warrior's ki signal fading"

"Yes, the warrior of courage is battling the rogue human. I'm positive he will pull through out of this predicament. It was thanks to he and the Digi-Destined to restore me to life after the Digital Invader fiasco many years ago."

"I see. So, I take it your two colleagues are here as well?"

"Piximon! Andromon!"

Emerging from out of a boat is a cyborg with a completely robotic body and a flesh-like right left. The other is a pink, fuzz-ball with white, angelic wings and a bow staff.

"Yay! Finally I can get some action in after those years of training!" Piximon mused.

"Centaurmon. The situation has gotten worse, hasn't it?"

"I'm afraid so, but there's nothing that is going to hold us back from carrying out our duty as Digital Knights!"

"Gennai's been worried since the warrior known as Omega X has been on the losing end."

"He's the last person we should worry about and I should know," Metal Seadramon replied. "He'll pull through like many times before. We have to stop these rogue digimon and send them back to where they came from."

"He's right! This is our obligated duty. Let Taichi and the others handle the rogue human for the time being," Centaurmon suggested.

"All right. Anyway, I was just going to have some fun with these fellows over there," Piximon said as he pointed out towards a horde of Gesomon.

"Want me to take care of these wimps?" Metal Seadramon asked.

"Nope. You just leave them with me!" Piximon hollered. "All right, you stinky calamari! It's time for some fillet!"

The four warriors sent off to take care of the small fries for the time being and with only little time to spare. These were simply easy free loaders until the actual tunnel to the Dark Realm opens after a long dormancy. Nine minutes remain for the fate of humanity's stronghold of mother earth…

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Outside Demon's Cavern. 7:51 P.M.

Emotions were running high with the whole outside party looking on with horrified glares. Sora's face contorted with fear and hopelessness. She had just witnessed the massacre of her husband, Taichi, at the hands of the demented Dark Angel. Phoenixmon and the other digimon were trembling in anger. On the other hand, they knew that rushing in to save Tai would only be suicidal.

Luck would have it that X had finally arrived at the center of Demon's Cavern to confront Saitou. The group had managed to let out sighs of relief at the sudden rescue since Saitou came one second from ending Omega X's immediate life.

"This is a relief!" Shintomon sighed with relief. "It's about time he made it through."

"Barely. He just barely made it," Mimi replied. "Sora…? Um…"

As Mimi turned to face Sora, the redhead woman was in the same state of mind Max was a few moments ago. Post-trauma was starting to take affect on the poor woman with her eyes glazed over. Mimi crawled over to Sora and started to push on her shoulders.

"Sora! Sora! You guys! Sora's not responding!"

"You might want to try slapping her, mom. It works every time," Dimitri suggested.

"She's undergoing post-traumatic stress right now," Rosemon replied.

"Shoot, I wouldn't blame her," Kazu said. "If that was my dad or mom in there, I'd be going crazy!"

"But you're different, Kazu. You'd go and wail on the creep," Kenta replied.

"Well, you're going to have to snap her out of it sometime," Gosenzomon said. "Whether she wants to see it or not, the fact remains that Taichi can not defeat Saitou as he is now."

"You're losing faith, elder," Lady Moinanea scoffed. "I still have faith in my champion. He will pull through and prove you wrong…"

"We'll see my lady, but for now. Well… Taichi is not looking too hot. You also forget that the others were still trapped inside the Uraotoko implemented by a Spell caster. I'm afraid Taichi is on his own, unless X has a secret weapon. I just wonder what Huanlongmon had bestowed the lad with?"

"We'll find out sooner or later," replied Joe. "Look! He's about getting ready to make his next move!"

"C'mon, X! Whatever it is, use it! We only have nine minutes left!" Cody shouted towards the viewing orb.

"It really gets to ya, doesn't it?" Armadillomon teased. "Anyway, that Saitou fella won't know what hit him."

"That is if X knows what he's getting himself into. If Saitou kills him, then we're finished," Gomamon sighed.

"You looks need to lighten up," Calumon said. "I believe there will be a good thing coming out of this! Just look on the bright side! Mr. X will fix everything!"

"I hope so little one," Shintomon thought. "For our sake and for humanity's ensured survival."

"Everyone! It's getting started! X is making his move!" announced Lopmon.

"Ooo! X looks hot but I wonder what he looks under the mask," Suzie giggled. "He must be a real hottie!"

"Oh, Sora. If only you can just snap out of it," Mimi sighed sadly.

As everyone gathered around to view the orb, footage of inside the cavern was displayed. X was shown on one side with Saitou on the other. Lying across from Saitou's feet was the incompacitated Omega X. His wounds were fresh and newly made due to Saitou's ki arm cannon. Mimi brought Sora over towards the orb and snapped her fingers in front of the traumatized woman's face.

"Sora! Please, come back to reality! Come back!"

Mimi's pleas came to no avail and even she wouldn't help to break Mrs. Kamiya's trance. She wasn't ready to be prepared to watch her husband become slaughtered like an animal and wouldn't stand if anything happened to her beloved son, Max. Her thoughts became clouded with grief, despair, hopelessness and shock from the traumatic stress. Nothing she could do to snap out of trance. Only one thing can set her free and that was her husband winning the day against another sinister entity.

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Inside Saitou's Lair. 7:51 P.M.

Kain Saitou's face was contorting with indescribable pleasure and anger at the same time. Narrowing his eyes towards his former teacher, X, he pointed his metallic hand over the fallen Omega X. The masked man stopped frozen for a moment to feel pity for his current apprentice.

"X…" Saitou Kain hissed under a low tone.

Omega X slowly rises from the ground, while barely managing to hold himself up halfway. The shots across his limbs were maintaining a threshold across the warrior of courage.

"X… You best just stack back… Get away from here…"

Losing his patience with Omega X, Saitou lifted Omega X up with his flesh arm. He closes his metallic fist and immediately starts slamming it across Omega X's exposed gut. Each defeaning blow crunched more of the warrior's ribs and forced him to spit out a mouthful of crimson mass.

"YOU BEST SHUT UP, YOU LITTLE SHIT!"

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Inside Neo's Territory. 7:51 P.M.

Not being able to save his own father, Max unleashes another cry of angst. He quickly draws out his ki-materialized sword and attempts to slash through the barrier wall within Neo's Uraotoko subspace territory.

"NO! You get that SHIT away from him, you damn whack-job! FATHER! NO!"

"Max! Stop this! This isn't helping!" Keke exclaimed.

"She's right! There's still a chance we can escape out of here with you going on your sudden outbursts," said Mystic Celesta.

"But… Is there anything we can do to save my father! There's nothing we can do!"

"I'm sorry, Max, but there's nothing we can do. Teleportation and flight are forbidden inside this territory," War Angemon sighed. "Of course, we've already tried our combined attacks."

"None of which were successful," replied Sakuyamon.

"But who said now would be the perfect time to throw in the towel?" replied Gallantmon. "I'm still going to find a way to break through this damn barrier!"

"I told you all. It's useless," Neo reminded the entire group trapped inside his territory. "This is a subspace territory inside a Uraotoko, which I have full control over. Unless I break down my territory, you cannot escape here. Of course, if you kill me, then you will be trapped here forever since only I can set you free by my will."

Having heard enough from Neo's ramblings, Max took his ki sword and ran out towards him at full speed. He aimed closer to slash Neo in half, but he was immediately cut off short. Metalla X stepped out in front of him and slammed a fist across the boy's ki sword. The force was enough to send Max reeling back across the territory.

"Max!" Keke cried out to the boy.

"What was that for?" Beelzebumon asked.

"To keep the boy from whining. He was preparing to commit such a reckless assault. Just like his father… Ugh. He should know by killing this bastard then we will never escape."

"Sometimes I'll never understand that Matt guy," said Kaiser Greymon.

"Keke! Your dad's actions were uncalled for! What's the meaning of that, Mr. Ishida!" Max growled.

"Cool your head. Keke, you keep that boy in check."

"Um, yes, daddy."

"Max. Don't take it personally," Pikkan informed the boy. "Keke's dad made the right call. If Neo here is killed by one of us, then we will be unable to leave the inside of this Uraotoko."

"Damn… Keke. Your dad sure packs quite the punch."

"Well, he's my dad. What do you expect?" Keke giggled.

Max ignores the girl and focuses his attention back through the 'eye' of the Uratoko. Glancing down though, he saw Saitou dropping his father on the ground and leaving him coughing out more blood. X was standing a few feet away from where the Dark Angel stood.

"It was a good thing X made it there in time!" Gallantmon said. "What does he have planned for Saitou?"

"We'll know," replied Mega Gargomon.

"Hopefully something worthwhile to change the pacing and add momentum to our side," Ultima X said. "Tai is in need of our help!"

"Quiet everyone! Looks like something is going on down there," Sonja announced.

"So you're actually going to use it, X? Huanlongmon's weapon?" Pikkan thought.

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Saitou's Lair. 7:51 P.M.

Pointing down his hand over the crippled Omega X, Saitou maintained eye contact with X. The masked man slowly reached down into his left pocket without taking his eyes off his former apprentice.

"Please, Saitou. Don't compound your sins any further," X asked of the Dark Angel.

"Sins, you say? This isn't a sin. It's just a first step in pushing justice and order throughout both the real and digital universes. X, my sins will be decided by the Digital Realm's Court. If it makes you feel better, you can consider this capital punishment!"

With that said, Saitou's right hand transformed into it's arm-cannon form. He was preparing to fire a shot that would ultimately seal Omega X's life. X choked out a gasp and reached out to stop Saitou.

"NO! DON'T DO IT, SAITOU!"

"If there's anything I like better, it's brains splattered on the wall! Now, say goodbye, bitch!"

"TERRA-"

Suddenly, Saitou felt an overwhelming ki building up from under his feet. He looked down to find Omega X with his hands cupped together. Letting out a battle cry, Omega X prepares to fire his Terra Beam. The Dark Angel was quick to pick up on his adversary's action and delivers a kick across Omega X's face. The force was strong enough to send Omega X sailing across.

"TERRA BEAM! HA!"

Omega X manages to collect enough ki and sends a massive blast hurtling towards Saitou. As the enormous shot was getting closer, Saitou maneuvers to the side barely. The Terra Beam blast tore right through the cavern walls and sailing outside across the heavens above. Once the blast penetrated through the clouds, it reached as far out through the planet's atmosphere and passed across many light years across space itself in a matter of a few seconds. More specifically, its speed force was at about three seconds flat, reaching from Demon's Cavern all the way into orbit.

The warrior of courage crumpled across the ground and struggles to sit up.

"Damn… Almost had him…"

With those words said, Omega X lets out a deep sigh and closes his eyes. He had used a large amount of his ki energy to implement such a strong attack and it took a toll on his body.

"Whoo, damn! That blast would been strong enough to vaporize the D-Reaper!" X thought. "Unfortunately, Saitou saw it coming at the last second. It's a good thing Tai aimed directly away from the earth's surface or that blast would have destroyed the planet."

Uncovering his eyes to watch the smoke dissipate, X looks across the notice a large gaping hole through the cavern wall. His mouth dropped in astonishment over the amount of power set forth through that attack alone.

"Unbelievable! Surely enough, he would have beaten Bebimon with an attack like that too! However, his ki is running low and his Terra Beam are just as good as a toy pistol," X continued conversing in thought.

Standing over the fallen Omega X, Saitou merely gave a small chuckle and pointed to the large gaping hole.

"Jeez, you still have plenty of fire power left?" Saitou said. "That was a close one."

"Yeah? Well I'm so full of surprises, pal. I was just having a mental picture of what you would like after I shot you directly in the space. Charcoal would have been perfect for that damn mug of yours. Just one more shot… and you would have been screwed…"

As he said that, he finally passes out from exhaustion and still suffering from the injuries inflicted on him through Saitou's 'capital punishment' session. X lets out a gasp and attempts to rush over to save his apprentice.

"Tai!"

However, Saitou was quick to stop X at his treks and busts out a cliched villainous laugh.

"Saitou, I won't let you go laughing like that forever. Do you really think I'd like you go on like this one minute longer!"

The Dark Angel merely twisted around to shoot X a sinister, dark glare.

"Himo, no matter what happens to me, I will put a stop to your scheme."

"Oh, that's a joke, right? Right!"

"Give up your plans and withdraw from here, before I take the final measure."

"Ha. X, I don't mind all of your bluster, but you are thinking of trying to defeat me, when you don't even know who I am!"

"What do you mean! I know who you are."

"Nuh uh! You only know that goodie two shoes Himo! Let me tell you right now, I'm not Himo! He's taking a nap right now. You don't have the slightest clue as to who I am! My name is Kain, one of the seven personalities dwelling inside Himo Saitou! I won't be listening to your orders like a damn lapdog!"

"What do you mean seven personalities!"

"Yeah, it's an all out seven-man party inside in here! This is a plan something all seven of us decided on- including Himo, of course! Don't misunderstand! We all have nothing in common, but we all agreed on this plan together!"

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Inside Neo's Territory. 7:51 P.M.

The entire group was listening in onto their conversation. Mystic Celesta, Dorothy and Loweemon were just about right on their assumption that Saitou would reveal to have seven different personalities.

"So, I was right," Loweemon said.

"Yep, same here," replied Mystic Celesta. "That is what he meant by 'seven'. The 'seven of us' that he was talking about."

"Those thoughts from Mr. Oikawa's mind were misinterpreted. Here I thought that he meant the seven Spell casters who possessed the special abilities," Dorothy stated.

"And apparently it wasn't the seven Spell casters," Pikkan said.

"Plus, it couldn't be the seven monsters of Millenniumon either," said War Angemon.

"We'll dig a grave for all people. The seven of us will dig that hole… Yes, seven graves should be a decent start."

Those were the words of Saitou that shrouded Mystic Celesta's mind. The Tamers and the legendary warriors even remembered hearing those words.

"All of this talk about seven whacked out personalities are making my head ache!" Metal Kabuterimon complained.

"Geez! This guy really didn't have that good of a social life if he has to end up talking to himself!" Kaiser Greymon said.

"Makes me feel kind of sorry for him in a way, but he's still a sadistic creep," Zephrymon thought.

"So, Saitou meant only the seven personalities inside of him!" Beelzebumon blurted out.

"Of course, now that we've already come down to the conclusion. Hikari figured it out first," Cyberleomon said.

"Yes. He came up with this plan from the start," Metalla X said. "He planned to be the sole survivor."

"That is correct. Damn you guys are understanding better than I thought," Neo said. "Saitou gave up hope on all humanity, and lost his purpose. He then became unable to stand himself, over all of the brutal killings that he has committed. The guilt was too much of a burden for Himo to handle. Thus, Kain, the alternate, violent personality, was born. Next, when the idea to try to atone for the sins of all mankind began sprouting in Himo's mind, he became disgusted with himself, over his brainwashing of others. He used lies and manipulation, similar to what the Anti-Christ will deploy according to Biblical prophecies. As a result, a new personality, Hojo, the arguer, must have been born. In time, Himo created all of the different personalities that are within him. In the end, the original pure mind of Himo Saitou has not been the least bit polluted from corruption."

"This is becoming way too much for me to handle," Keke said.

"Comparing himself to an Anti-Christ? Yeah, there's no surprise there," scoffed BW.

"He's… He's just as dark and evil as Devimon!" War Angemon growled as painful memories of the devil man plagued his memories. "Saitou is just like Devimon! He was force of darkness that wants to corrupt the light and vanquish all hopes of humanity! Saitou is just like any of the other monsters and villains we've faced in the past! Who cares if he had a bad experience in his past life? He shouldn't take his hatred out on other people! I won't stand for it!"

Taking notice of the angelic warrior's sudden convulsion, Mystic Celesta felt the pain her husband was enduring from his painful childhood experience with the force of darkness. She remembered Takeru telling her how Devimon took Patamon away from him after Angemon sacrificed himself, but she wasn't sure if Devimon could even be compared to Himo Saitou. One was driven to destroy and conquer out of greed and power. The other is driven to kill simply out of anger and vengeance.

"Takeru. Are you sure you should be comparing Devimon to Saitou? Yes, they both are driven by darkness but have different motivations. If only Takeru would have gotten over Devimon… But I still can't get over Myotismon nearly killing me and Gatomon. I can never forget Wizardmon putting his life at stake to ensure we survive. Not to mention Virus still plaguing me in my dreams. The Dark Ocean even haunts me to this very day. We can't let any of that prevent us from stopping Saitou once and for all."

"Say, Sonja? What's eating those two?" Ultima X whispered.

"Not sure…"

"Well, they better get focused. Besides, this guy isn't done explaining more about this Saitou guy."

"One of Saitou's personalities is a 'fatherly' figure who gives blessings to those in pain. He offered me blessings when I was in one of my depressive moods. 'He' also can write and sing the most beautiful works of poetry I've ever heard. He's pure of heart just like Himo. He would always tell me about his troubles and I would do the same for him. We both vent out our sorrows. 'He' only shows him to me. I like his personality the most, next to Himo's. I see him as the perfect father since my real father left me years before."

Max had heard enough from Neo and cries out angrily out of impatience. He grabbed his face and cursed through his teeth.

"Stop it! You don't know what you're talking about! You can't see that guy as your father! He's too much of a whack-job to be considered a father figure! That's it! I don't want to get your crazy disease! You're making my head all messed up!"

"That tears it!" War Angemon blurted out. "Kid! You need to wake up! Your so-called fatherly figure is plotting to open up the gates of digital hell! The worst from that dimension will rampage across our world and the digital worlds! Nobody will be able to overcome the mighty of these Synisters! Not even us!"

"Takeru…" Mystic Celesta whispered.

"Saitou is just like Devimon! He's a force of evil who won't rest until he gets what he desires! He wants to shroud this world into darkness just like Devimon nearly did back on File Island!"

Metalla X looks on to his brother rambling on about the powers of darkness. He remembered the day Angemon sacrificed his own life to save TK from Devimon's dark hand. Even in adulthood, Takeru was still haunted by the deceased fallen angel.

"TK. I understand how you feel. Even I've been influenced by the forces of darkness. It was Burizalor who recruited and molded me into a hateful son of a bitch. I vowed to kill Tai because I thought he had taken you from me. My own desire to be the best was a result of that monster turning me into what he was."

Ultima X even remembers when Ken was once the ruthless Digimon Kaiser, whom was used by Shadramon.

"I can almost relate to you, guys. Well, at least Ken would. He was too molded to become an engine of darkness. Shadramon used him to build Chimeramon to destroy the Digital World. That bastard used Ken and made him believe he was invincible. Darkness has been plaguing Ken's soul since he lost his brother. I guess its true when we say that each of us has come into contact with the darkness. My wife, Sonja, is also no different. Datamon took her and her brother. He had taken away their human will and remodeled them into bio-androids, but at least they maintained their human emotions and hearts. So, each of us are here for a reason. For these many years it all comes down to this? All because of some prophecy I was overhearing from Matt? Well, as far as being influenced by the powers of darkness, Saitou has us all beat. He's lived and breathed it years longer than we have. Still, that doesn't change my view on him. He's still a heartless bastard who needs to be put in his place. Nobody has the right to end the human race just because some traumatic experience changed his views forever. Tai, I hate to say this, but you're on your own. We can't even break free from this dimension even if we tried. It's all on your, X."

"Davis… Are you all right?" Sonja asked with concern.

"I'll be all right, but listening to this kid praising this bastard makes me want to regurgitate."

"I know what you mean."

"Comparing someone like Devimon to Himo is like comparing fruits and vegetables," Neo answered. "Devimon are known for their trickery and desire for power. Himo only desires to the death of humanity and has no interest for power. He doesn't live for greed like you humans. This is why Himo is the purest of the seven. He has never committed a sinful act."

"What makes you think so, pal?" Koriikakkumon asked.

"You don't know him better than we do!" snapped Magna Garurumon.

"You've been deceived," growled War Angemon. "Just wait until that tunnel opens and you'll realize how much he cares for you, Neo."

"If I have to die, then so be it."

Those words alone were enough to surprise nearly everyone in the group, except Metalla X, BW, Pikkan and Max.

"Feh. That doesn't surprise me," Max snorted. "You can die for all I care."

"Max. This isn't the time for this," replied Sakuyamon. "But still, to think I myself would have followed the same path as Saitou. Thank goodness for you guys."

"Hey, what's done is done, right?" Gallantmon said.

"Guys! Settle down! Looks like something is about to start down there!" Pikkan announced.

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Saitou's Lair. 7:51 P.M.

Standing a few feet away from Saitou, X was preparing to stand his ground and confront his former apprentice. He aimed to change Saitou's ways and withdraw from his crusade to end humanity's time.

"Listen. If you're Kain, one of Saitou's seven personalities living within him, then put Himo on. I need to speak with him."

"Ha! Ok, fine…"

With that said, Saitou taps his head with his flesh hand as if channeling in to communicate with his inner selves.

"Hey, Himo. What do we do?" Kain Saitou asked his purest personality within.

There was a pause for a moment before Saitou spoke up once again to revive his purest face.

"Himo!"

There was reply to his request. Thus, Saitou chuckled and aimed his arm cannon directly at X without hesitation.

"He said he doesn't want to talk to you. He said he hates you too much."

"But he should be able to listen to what I have to say, right? It's not too late. Put an end to this foolish stunt!"

"Sorry, mask boy. It's already too late! Take a look."

The Dark Angel points directly towards the gaping tunnel hole contained by an interior glass barrier. The dimension was set to be cracked open within the next nine minutes or so. Numerous viral digimon of the worst kind were anxiously awaiting to be broken free from their prison. Vilemon, Cultivarmon, Devimon and many lower level monsters were looking on like spectators at the two. Their zombie-like, eerie moans were echoing within the caverns while giving it a haunting feel. The retched odor from the gas vapor of the Dark Realm was starting to make it's presence felt to poison the human world.

"The hole has already exceeded its equilibrium period. All we have to do is wait for it to be open. Face it, mask. We all have chosen our path."

"Himo. Then, so have I…"

As soon as he said that, he pulls out an object from out of his right pocket. He held it up for all to see. It was an emerald, similar to the chaos emeralds used by Sonic the Hedgehog. However, this one had a more holy presence to it. With this, he hopes to stop Saitou at his tracks and seal the tunnel completely. However, this was not all X was preparing to do next. Saitou narrowed his eyes while studying both his former teacher and the emerald.

"But that's not all, Himo. For the first time since I was given this position as watcher of this realm, I shall remove my mask for all to see. That includes you, Himo."

"I'm interested. Do tell…"

Giving out a sigh, X reached out to the back of his mask with his left hand to rip the back portion off. He had second thoughts at first before removing it. Despite his hesitation, he knew that he must to do this reveal his true identity to all. That includes even Tai's friends inside the Uraotoko territory.

"It's time… Everyone. I can tell you are all within that Uraotoko. For what I'm about to do may indeed shock all of you. Max, that includes even you!"

Finally giving out another sigh, X removes his mask and reveals his true face to all. Saitou even gasped at the true face of his master. Slowly regaining consciousness, Omega X took a small peek over to the unmasked man and uttered a shocked gasp while nearly choking out.

"NO! It couldn't be… This whole time I could barely feel out ki from him!" Omega X thought. "The digimon couldn't even pick up on his scent, except for a few. I remember Renamon telling me that she could pick up a similar scent from him and compared it to my son, Max…"

The mask of X and his secret identity were gone forever. The true face was finally revealed after many years. With everyone looking on with utter shock, the face of the man looked like that of a teenage boy. He has brown eyes with red undertones and wild light brown hair, which was similar to Tai's but with the length going towards the back of his head. He looked exactly like Max Kamiya, Tai's own son! Except this guy looked older in his late teens! Omega X couldn't believe what he saw and wanted to smack himself.

"He… He… He looks exactly like Max! Wait! I'm feeling the same energy from this guy as I would my son! Could he be… No! That's impossible… Wait! That girl who helped my friends travel to Spiral Mountain years ago was named Keke! She even helped Matt out of Digital Limbo to send him off to help me battle the D-Reaper! But, I simply thought it was just pure coincidence! It has to be! There's no way our kids could be in anyway related to those two!"

The unmasked young man kept his sights on Saitou with the emerald in one hand. He didn't even notice Omega X glaring towards him yet.

"Wait until I get to the bottom of this myself…" Omega X growled in thought. "You hid behind that damn mask for no reason…"

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Inside Neo's Territory. 7:52 P.M.

Having witnessed the unmasking of the masked man, there was a mixed emotion of shock and bewilderment. Mystic Celesta and War Angemon didn't know what to make of these events. Sakuyamon nodded her head, since the Renamon side to her was able to figure out his identity. Somehow, even BW even this was going to happen.

However, amongst the entire group, it was Max himself who felt his heart pause for a moment. He kneeled down and couldn't utter a single word. His mouth became cry like cotton.

"He… He looks just like me! He feels just like me!" Max managed to blurt out. "How is this even possible! After all this time, he's been hiding behind that mask and wouldn't reveal himself to my father!"

"Max… I can't believe this," Keke said. "Wait! Hey, dad! You said a girl named Keke helped you to leave Digital Limbo to fight the D-Reaper, right?"

"That's right," answered Metalla X.

"Then you knew about X, didn't you!"

"I can't lie to you, but no I had no idea X really revealed himself to be Max. Or a guy that looks like him."

"I see… This is just not possible."

"Sakuyamon? Did you know X was really him?" Gallantmon asked.

"The Renamon side to him would think so. His scent was similar to Max's. I just couldn't put my finger on how remotely similar their energy signals were. That is until I understood X better."

"Well, this is pretty unexpected," Mega Gargomon said. "Talk about your tear-jerking surprises! How come I didn't know this a long time ago!"

Mystic Celesta lowered her head and pressed her hand against the dimensional barrier. Her eyes made contact with the unmasked X.

"Yes, I can tell out his ki. It's very similar to Max's indeed. I just didn't know. TK…"

"I'm just as surprised as you are."

"All this time he's been keeping his identity a secret from my brother. Tai deserved to know that his teacher was actually his own son. Why didn't you tell him, X? What were you so afraid of?"

"My goodness. This is quite unexpected," Rei gasped. "How can there be two Maxs in one world!"

"Well apparently, you haven't lived long enough in our world for you to comprehend," Cyberleomon replied.

"Well, I'll be damned. That kid and X are one of the same?" Pikkan wondered. "Makes me wonder how strong X really is. Since he trained both Saitou and Tai…"

"Ok, this is getting way too weird for me," Kaiser Greymon said.

"We didn't see this coming!" Zephrymon replied.

"That would make them twins," Magna Garurumon stated.

"Only they are still the same person. At least I think so," Loweemon said. "Well, at least Tai can live happy knowing that his son would ironically be his own sensei."

"I don't think he's happy to know about this last minute surprise," Ultima X replied. "He hid under that mask without Tai knowing. Why didn't he just tell Tai straight up!"

"Most importantly, Max has a right to know," Sonja said while pointing over to the little boy.

Dorothy walked over towards Max and pats his right shoulder. She got no response from the boy and this worried her.

"Max… It's going to be all right. Um, look. Even I'm shocked as you are, but we can certainly trust this guy since he will help us defeat Saitou and close that tunnel."

"No… That guy is not me! He hid under a mask to hide himself from my father! A true friend would reveal his secrets! He wouldn't hide like some damn coward!" Max screamed out. "I don't care if he helps beat Saitou and close that dumb tunnel! He manipulated my own father and molded him to become a warrior against his own will! I never wanted to see dad get hurt by this Saitou creep! For this last year or so, I've seen the worst scum of the Digital Universe. Each all had one desire in common: that was to kill my father and only him alone! Why my dad! Why is everyone gunning for him! Why can't these bad guys just leave my family alone! Everything was just fine until my dad was recruited by this guy! I would hear stories of how my mother was killed by a hateful monster like Burizalor! Not to mention hearing how Keke's dad died twice before! Or what about when my Aunt Kari lost Uncle TK once to Virus years ago! We've all endured hell ever since that guy trained my dad and Agumon! Each one of us had to suffer and defeat countless villains. Time after time again. They keep coming back for us! My life was going great just between me, my mom and dad until we had to go find those Black Digicores! If only my dad didn't get turned into a kid and this wouldn't never happen! Bebimon would have never come to enslave earth! That Jax guy wouldn't have killed Ken and those dead enemies wouldn't have escaped Digital Limbo! Now we have to defeat a psycho, who changed his views on humanity all because X sent him on some dumb mission! If anything why should we help him! We can take Saitou ourselves! I'll never forgive him!"

Having heard enough from out of her nephew, Mystic Celesta walks over to Max and delivers a painful slap across his right cheek. The boy reeled back from the blow and covered his right cheek. He could feel the pain from his aunt.

"Aunt Kari… Why?"

"I'm just as upset as you, Max," she answered with tears swelling up in her eyes. "He didn't tell my brother straight up. Heck, even I don't think I can trust a guy who hides behind a mask this whole time. But, listen! We're all here together to stop Saitou. We share that common goal. Don't you wish to stop that guy from opening the gates of hell!"

"Of course…"

"That's exactly what I wanted to hear. We can't let the darkness plague everything we cherish and love!"

"She's right, Max," Keke replied. "We're all in this together. Whether we like it or not. Take a look at my dad. Deep down, he still yearns to defeat your dad, but he even knows when it's time to unite to overcome a powerful enemy. This whole ordeal with Saitou is a perfect example."

"Max. It's time you wake up and realize the dilemma we're in. We only have eight minutes or so. It's time to overcome this grief and look ahead at what we might be prepared for," War Angemon said. "We have to conquer this great darkness."

"We'll start by trusting in X right now and see if he can stop Saitou himself with that emerald," Dorothy said. "Speaking of that emerald, I'm picking up a strong vibe from it."

"That's actually four emeralds merged into one. I've heard tales about it," Pikkan explained.

"What's it like?" asked Rei.

"Yeah, do tell, pointy ears," Beelzebumon said.

"It's called the Nexus Emerald. There were once seven of them. Each possessed incredible powers of the digital universe. I've heard my father and the Alterians speak of many legends to this. One day, an incredible evil power came to snare the seven emeralds, but then came the supreme sovereign, who came to retrieve the emeralds. He merged four of them to form the Nexus Emerald."

"What about the other three?" Metal Kabuterimon asked.

"No one knows. Rumor has it that they are still in possession of the supreme sovereign himself. This Nexus emerald possesses the highest classed of all the defensive spells existing throughout the digital nexus. My guess is that the supreme sovereign handed it down to X. In time, X channeled what remaining battle ki he once had and discharged it into the emerald, in order to prepare it as an ultimate defensive weapon."

"Wow, so it's a weapon of astounding power?" Kaiser Greymon asked. "That's just what we needed."

"Quiet everyone. They're conversing again," Metalla X announced to the group.

Neo kept his eye on Saitou and wasn't the least bit worried about this Nexus Emerald the Alterian spoke of.

"Nothing will hold you back, Saitou-san. Not even some stupid emerald."

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Saitou's Lair. 7:52 P.M.

Once holding out and channeling through the emerald's untapped powers, X himself became engulfed by rings of green energy. Saitou was slightly annoyed by his former master's attempt to stop him but lowered his arm cannon.

"With this emerald, I can create an anti-Synister barrier that's greater than the one already constructed to keep those monsters out. Yes, the emerald's powers can even trap the S, Super A and Super S Classes within this spell."

X held the emerald across like a piece of meat and noticed Saitou becoming transfixed onto the rings of light around it.

"With this weapon, I can block this hole from the Dark Realm with a brand new boundary. Even you will be unable to escape and become trapped inside. That's right. Be afraid. You'll never move again."

"…"

"I have been condensing a large percentage of my own battle ki into this emerald ever since I was appointed to become instructor of up and coming digital warriors such as yourself and Taichi. I did it to help prevent the dark ages to befall human civilization. This was originally intended to prevent Armageddon from occurring within the next few centuries, but I am forced to use it now. You leave me no choice."

"If that's the case, then you're as stupid as Himo says. I don't care if you really look like Tai's kid, you still won't stop me. I could care less who you really are. You can't use that weapon on us. Who's going to stop that supposed dark age now?"

"If this boundary tunnel opens now, the human race will cease to exist within the next decade or less. There will be nothing left in the next hundred years anyways, but now, your plan will fall apart right now. You're finished, Saitou. Unless you plan to kill me yourself."

"Well, you really aren't screwing around, aren't ya, boss?"

"Negotiate with your other selves and make a decision. Are you ready to be damned? Surrender or torment are your only choices."

"Fine. We shall negotiate this."

Standing firm, X remained in place with his emerald and watched as Saitou closed his eyes to converse with his other six personalities. Unbeknownst to them, Omega X was watching the whole confrontation. His blood boiled knowing the true identity of X. However, he wasn't prepared to let anyone, even X, interfere with his fated battle with the Dark Angel. The situation was only going to get uglier and take a turn of the worst in due time.

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Outside Demon's Cavern. 7:52 P.M.

Just as everyone inside the caverns had just witnessed, Shintomon, Sora, and the others were stunned to find out the true identity behind the masked man. Sora broke out of her traumatic trance and grabs the viewing orb to get a better look at the unmasked X. Her eyes widened as if she had seen a ghost.

"That blast was just enormous from what Taichi fired moments ago. If my estimations are correct, a Terra Beam of that magnitude would have vaporized the D-Reaper, defeat Bebimon and even give the strongest of the seven monsters a headache," Gosenzomon thought. "Now this is quite an unexpected twist. Though, I had a feeling X and the boy were somehow connected with each other."

"Sora…" Mimi whispered. "I don't know what to say, but X! He actually looks like Max!"

"But, how is that possible!" Kenta exclaimed.

"Dude, anything's possible, but this is too hard for me to even believe!" Kazu replied. "Oh man…"

"I didn't think it was possible, but X has done quite a good job concealing not just his ki. He's managed to his ki from even myself, the Supreme Guardian!"

"Somehow, I had a feeling. Call it a hunch but there was the scent from that guy I picked up from Max," Lady Moinanea spoke up. "Digimon, are you able to pick up on it as well?"

"No and we can easily read through anything with a ki," Lopmon said.

"Clearly he is alive," Guardromon replied. "Unless he was a sort of super zombie!"

"Pi! Pi!" Marine Angemon agreed with the machine.

"I really doubt that," Jeri replied. "What do you think, Calumon?"

"Well, I really didn't know what to think until you actually unmasked. This is really making my head all spinny," Calumon complained.

"Whatever the case, it really doesn't matter to me who he really is," Cody replied. "He's there risking his life to stop that maniac. If Tai couldn't do it, then X is sure to get the job done."

"Now that's what I'm talking about, Cody!" Armadillomon said.

"If he knows what he's doing," said Joe. "Can X even attempt to stop this maniac?"

"With this emerald, he's sure to put a stop to Saitou," Shintomon assured everyone. "This is the Nexus emerald. It wise by Huanlongmon to allow X to harness such a rare item. But it's a risky gamble."

"What would happen if it fails?" Rosemon asked.

"I don't even want to think about the consequences. This is perhaps the only hope to putting a stop to this madness."

"I know for one thing. X's interference just may change the fate of the prophecy. He's not even supposed to get involved in Taichi and Saitou's war. Is this simply one event that managed to come across without being predicted? Who knows? Maybe X will be the one who ends the Dark Angel, but I'm not so sure. Taichi needs to get back up and continue this battle. It is far from over. X… Max… Whoever you are… Do what you think is best in order to ensure Taichi his victory."

"Ma… Max? How can there be two Maxs?" Sora muttered. "So, X is actually X? But that's impossible… I can't believe it."

Nearly fainting, Mimi managed to catch her friend's fall and kept her eyes on the orb.

"If that's Max, then that girl who helped us with the ship to Spiral Mountain is actually Keke? Did they come here through some time warp?" Mimi wondered. "All of this is making my head hurt. Two Kekes and two Maxs?"

"That's because it is them, but how these older versions arrived here… I have no idea," Phoenixmon said.

"That now isn't important. We must focus back on the situation at hand," Hercules Kabuterimon replied. "We can trust X in his plan to use this Nexus emerald. Perhaps it's the last resort to defeat Saitou."

"Let's hope so, Hercules Kabuterimon," Izzy replied. "For our sake… For humanity's survival."

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Local Odaiba Hospital. 7:52 P.M.

With the situation growing dire outside of the hospital, Yolei had moved out of the hospital room where she left Ken's parents, the children and Ken's body behind. She managed to find a pay phone and dialed up a number for her siblings. Fortunately for her, they were still in town after realizing that they answered her call. Since Aquillamon was out battling the rogue digimon outside in the city, Yolei decided now was the perfect time to get her family out of the empty hospital.

"There's no use staying here anymore if no one but my family are in this hospital," Yolei said. "I have to convince my sisters and my brother. It's a good thing they were still in town. It's only getting worse out there."

"Yolei. This was a good idea," Wormmon said. "We can move away from here for Ken's sake. His body must be intact if we hope to restore him."

"I know. Oh, Wormmon. I just hope those guys defeated those seven monsters and captured the four digicores."

"We can't lose faith in them, Yolei. I'm sure they have all of the digicores. It won't be long before Ken comes back to us."

"I want to agree with you, but I don't know. Those digimon outside are getting hectic. I doubt even Aquillamon can take all of them at once."

"Let's get going to take Ken, his parents and the children out of here."

"Mmhmm. I just called my two sisters and brother. They would be on their way over in a few minutes. They're not too far from here."

"Any idea where we could hide before until all of these digimon are cleared out of here?"

"They can drive us back to our parents old convenient store and home. Hopefully there's somebody at that location. It'll be like reliving old memories."

"Good idea. Let's get going!"

With that said, Yolei raced across the hospital hallways with Wormmon crawling across to catch up. Taking a breather after becoming fatigued, Yolei opened the door to Ken's resting room. She walks inside and waves out to the Ichijouji couple.

"Mr. and Mrs. Ichijouji!" Yolei managed to choke out. "We're leaving now. My sisters and brother are going to pick us up from here. I say it would be a good idea to wake the kids up. Mr. Ichijouji, you think you could give me a hand carrying Ken's body?"

"Sure, Yolei. I know a young lady like you couldn't hope to carry out my big boy."

"Ha, isn't that the truth?" Yolei laughed. "Ok, here we go."

Mrs. Ichijouji awoke David, Sam, Naomi and the baby, named Shinobu. She scooped Shinobu up in her arms and gathered the children together.

"What's wrong, grandma?" asked Naomi. "What's going on?"

"Listen up, kids. You go with grandma down to the ground level. Your grandpa and I will meet you down there. Wormmon, you go with them. Just in case there's an attack."

"Right! You can count on me, Yolei!"

"C'mon, children. Let's get going," Mrs. Ichijouji said as she gathered them out the door.

"Don't worry, mom. David and I will be there to help Wormmon in case something happens," Sam replied.

"Ok, that's good. Now get going!"

With the children gone, Mr. Ichijouji and Yolei picked Ken's body. They made sure to cover him up in a blanket before heading out through the backdoor.

"Whew, that was easy," Yolei said. "Ok. Looks like the coast is clear."

"Which way is the elevator?" Mr. Ichijouji wondered. "This hospital is too big and it's hard for me to remember the elevator we used."

"There should be another down towards our right. If I recall, it's close to where the lounge is located. Ugh, I just hate hospitals," Yolei sighed. "Hawkmon. I suppose you're handling the situation well without my help."

They walked down towards the hall and made a right turn to find the elevator. Yolei stepped forward to press the 'up' button. Almost immediately, an elevator door opened up. Before they moved in to take it, a pair of Cultivarmon popped out and screams out loud screeches. Yolei screamed out as she fell back. Mr. Ichijouji also fell back but managed to held tightly onto his son's wrapped corpse.

"Ki! Ki!"

"No! This is the last thing we need!"

One of the Cultivarmon's head opened up like a sliced orange and unleashed an acidic sludge across the floor. Yolei jumped back as the acidic substance nearly burned her alive.

"Oh my god… What if these things got Mrs. Ichijouji and the kids! No! David and Sam would surely take these sick things!"

"What exactly are these things! The digimon you kids have been dealing with for these years!"

"That's right, Mr. Ichijouji. Do me a favor. Since you have Ken, you go and head out to find another elevator shaft. These things seem to be after me."

"But, what can you do…?"

"Nothing but hold them back with whatever I've got. Now, go! Ken's body must be preserved! If my siblings are out there, go with them and leave this place."

"Ok, but please… Be careful…"

Giving a thumbs up, Yolei stood her ground like a protective mother. The Cultivarmon chattered excitedly and turned to see Mr. Ichijouji hurrying across with Ken's body. Yolei stepped out with her arms spread out to block the viral demons' path.

"Just what do you two freaks think you're hoping to accomplish? As long as I'm here, you won't be taking Ken. I've heard about you guys from Tai and the others. You were used by the Digital Invaders to try to kill them. Well, you're not getting by me! I'm not afraid of putting my life on the line for Ken's sake! Give me your best shot!"

Responding to her challenge, one Cultivarmon rushed past her with super speed to catch up with Mr. Ichijouji. The other leaped out at Yolei. The woman screamed out in horror as the tiny imp prepared to slash her with deadly claws.

"AQUILLAMON!"

"Ki! Ki! Ki!"

Suddenly, the walls of the surrounding area were split open. A pair of horns penetrated through and stabbed right through the Cultivarmon. Yolei uncovered her eyes to find Aquillamon arriving at the knick of time. Aquillamon snorted while tossing the dead Cultivarmon away before it exploded into data.

"You… killed it…"

"Of course, it was going to take your life, Yolei. Now let's go down. Your family is waiting down at the ground floor."

"We can't! There's another one of those things after Mr. Ichijouji and Ken's body!"

"What!"

"We have to go and save them!"

"Yolei! Wait!"

On the other side, Mr. Ichijouji stopped cold as he found himself at a dead end. A loud screech echoed across and caught the man's attention. He turned to find a Cultivarmon leaping out to attack him. Before he was prepared to meet his fate, a pair of ki blasts shot across to incinerate the beast. As it's charred corpse dropped to the ground, Mr. Ichijouji turned around to find the source of the blasts. To his relief, David and Sam held hands out with smoke forming in their palms.

"Boys! Are everyone else fine?"

"Yeah. They're down waiting for us. Don't worry. Everything is clear down there," Sam assured them.

"Thank goodness. You're just like your brother and deceased uncle. Always using your heads."

"Well, shall we get going?" David asked.

"Yeah!"

With that said, Sam and David lead Mr. Ichijouji out of the hall. Turning around towards another corner past the dead end was a door leading to stairs that would lead them down to the ground level.

"They should be down there. Where's my mom by the way?" Sam asked.

"She went ahead to fend off some monster," Mr. Ichijouji replied. "I don't know how she can stand up to those things."

"Well, that's my mom for ya. Anyway, I doubt she would be fighting them alone. I just felt Aquillamon crashing through this place to save her. He should be taking mom to the ground level."

"That's good to know. Here I was worrying over nothing."

"Piece of cake, grandpa."

"Look! There's the exit door!" David pointed out. "Hammer time!"

David creates a fist on his right land and smashes the door down with super strength. Like Sam, Max and Keke, he has inherited the digital portions of their parents' DNA to enable them to inherit super strength, speed and digi-ki capabilities.

The boys and Mr. Ichijouji finally made it out to the front entrance of the hospital. They looked up ahead to find Wormmon, Mrs. Ichijouji, Naomi and Shinobu waiting for them. Mr. Ichijouji sets Ken's body down and kneels down to catch his breathe.

"You should have let us carry him grandpa," Sam suggested.

A loud flap of wings was heard and everyone looked up to find Aquillamon flying down. Yolei revealed herself from the majestic bird's back and waves out to her family.

"Thank goodness! By the way, I just realized Tike and Kara were still inside!" Yolei calls out. "I managed to find these little tykes raiding the cafeteria. Don't you two ever walk out like that again, you hear?"

"Well, it's not our fault we're hungry as hell," Tike scoffed.

"Yeah! At least we had our buffet," Kara said. "I could use a little nap now."

"Same here," yawned Tike.

"Well, at least we won't worry about having to feed you two," Yolei giggled in thought.

"Next stop landing," Aquillamon announced. "Ah, good. I think I see your siblings' car heading this way."

"That's a relief," Yolei replied. "All right. Aquillamon, you can de-digivolve. We'll let them know to send us to our old convenient store and home. Hopefully things will settle here with all of these rogue digimon."

"Only time will tell, but the situation seems grim."

Pressing her hands against her chest, Yolei began a prayer to herself and had many thoughts clouding her mind. Mixed emotions were plaguing the Inoue-Ichijouji woman.

"Oh guys. I just hope everyone of you are faring better than we are. I don't know how much of this I can stand. It has been too much ever since Sonja's brother killed Ken… No, I have to stay strong! Ken would want me to remain positive despite the grim circumstances. Well, I just wish for everything to be just fine… Make everything go back to the way they were before this whole mess with the hole started. Let there be a miracle out there to save us all."

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Saitou's Lair. 7:53 P.M.

The Nexus emerald remained intact around X's grasp while energy rings gathered around his hands. As X channeled more ki through the emerald, Saitou stood firm and conversed with his other personalities to make their final decision. Would they withdraw from their crusade or continue through with the destruction of humanity?

Saitou's train of thoughts was still within the seven minds inside his brain. Meanwhile, X kept his eye on Saitou with careful view. One false move and he could cause Saitou to attack him out of aggression. X started thinking back to when he first recruited the Dark Angel to become a great digital knight with a bright future ahead of him.

"If at all possible, I don't want to force myself to use the Nexus emerald on you. Return to the way you used to be."

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Switch to Flashback

Nearly twenty-five years ago to this day, the young and gifted ten year old Himo Saitou raced across a garden was a familiar masked man in the background. X stepped out from the shadows and created a ki ball in one hand. Young Saitou walked over to X and stared at the ki ball in astonishment. A look of innocence plastered across the boy's face while he touched the energy sphere.

"You were born with a strong spiritual power, Saitou. You must have come to hate all dark viral types as your sworn enemy."

Later in life, Saitou as a fifteen year old walked across a bridge with no friends to accompany him. All people considered him an outcast and wanted nothing to do with him. There was only one guy who he ever considered a friend and that was another teenager his age named Tetsuo. Testuo came to realization about Saitou's true work as a future digital knight.

Testuo and Saitou shared a heartfelt laugh before setting off into the sunset horizon.

"Then, you became an enemy to all of humanity, for as long as you can remember. You wanted to make things right and justice. This is all my fault…"

Just as Saitou and Tetsuo arrived at the military base in hopes of stopping the viral digimon from carrying out their plan to release rogue monsters from out of the digital world.

"This is all my fault. I should have never sent you to that military base to stop another one of Burizalor's sickening plots. I should have seen this coming. I was much too eager to close that case. I am such a fool… What have I done to change your views on humanity?"

Breaking down a door inside the military base, Saitou himself gazed upon several of the most graphic, vile scenes any human would ever imagine. His eyes dilated and shades of crimson reflected from his eyes. He watched helplessly as innocent digimon, who were not considered dark viral types, were being tortured and dismembered by sinister human fanatics who were paid to inflict punishment on the digimon.

"You desperately fought to protect the human race, but that one night changed you forever. You took up a crusade to end human civilization. You picked the most horrible, gruesome way to accomplish that goal. You hope to open the gates of hell itself… So what good will come of you hating all of mankind now?"

Having heard enough from the cruel human laughter circulating through his mind, Saitou took it upon himself to murder every human in that moment. He slashed, blasted and dismembered every trace of human at that instance. When Tetsuo arrived, he found Saitou covered in a drench of crimson blood.

"It is a war waged against evil. Yet, the evil is within. How else can I justify for what I have done to continue? The question is this… Should humankind continue to live, or should it become extinct? Do we deserve to expand our ground and plague this world further than it already has? Do we even have the right to use digimon against their free will and treat them as weapons of mass destruction? Shouldn't all digimon live and all humans die?"

"Changing you, with your strong sense of justice, to become this, it's all my responsibility…"

End of Flashback

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"…for recruiting you to my side to become a future digital knight. If you decide to continue this fight, I will join you as part of the boundary zone. I will experience the hell of not being able to move a single muscle. I shall go and die along with you. It's the least I can do to make up for what I've done to you."

Saitou finally opened his eyes and set his sights on X once again. He had already given it enough thought and prepared to end this conversation.

"Please, Himo. Go back to who you were before."

"We've come down to the conclusion," Saitou answered. "All seven of us unanimously agreed to this."

Before pausing for a few moments, he aimed for arm cannon directly for the unmasked X. The teen was taken back by Saitou's sudden reckless action. Did he not realize that X would use the Nexus emerald to seal his fate forever.

"Sorry, you Max wannabe! The game will go on, after I kill you! Now say your prayers and say goodbye!"

X let out a deep sigh and wasn't surprised by Saitou's reckless action. Somehow, he knew it would eventually come down to Saitou retaliating against his orders.

"As I should have feared… Even I can't reach out to him anymore."

The villain charged up his arm cannon and prepared to incinerate his former teacher with one gigantic blast. X was prepared to meet fate head on but not long before summoning the full power of the Nexus emerald. He prepares to throw it across and calls out to Saitou one last time.

"THIS ENDS FOR YOU, SAITOU! NEXUS EMERA-"

Just then, he was immediately cut off as an energy shot blasted him across his right arm. This caught X off guard and caused him to be pushed back from the impact. Even the whole group were shocked by the turn events inside the Uraotoko dimension.

"What the hell…!" X cursed. "Ta-Tai! Why the hell did you just do that!"

Omega X walked across from the unmasked Digital Watcher. His eyes possessed the look of a devil as he gazed upon X's exposed face for the first time. The Nexus emerald came dropping down from flying within the cave ceiling. Without even looking up, Omega X reached above with his right hand and snared the emerald with one hand.

"Tai! What's the meaning of this…!"

"You, that's what," Omega X growled with venom in his voice.

"But, Tai…"

"Step aside. This is my fight… to finish."

Even Saitou was taken back by this turn of events. Immediately dropping his arm cannon, he looked across to Omega X and questioned the warrior's motives.

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Inside Neo's Territory. 7:53 P.M.

"Father! Why did you do that for!" Max blurted out. "He almost had him where we wanted him!"

"I thought you didn't want anything to do with X, Max," Keke replied.

"Yeah, but he was so close to trapping that guy! We were so close!"

"Well, it looks like my brother has recovered," Mystic Celesta said. "That's a relief."

"You really thought that was going to put down, Taichi?" War Angemon asked. "No way. He can take more than a shot through the stomach."

"Wow, Taichi's amazing," Rei mused. "I knew he was great from where I came from, but he was never this resilient."

"Well, you haven't known him as long as we have," Gallantmon said.

"I've only known him for the last year and a half, but he still amazes me," Kaiser Greymon spoke.

"I've known him longer than you two have. He's still as unpredictable as ever," said Ultima X.

"But what he did was incredibly reckless," Pikkan scoffed. "X had Saitou where he wanted him. Then all we had to worry about was closing the tunnel."

"That's a typical goggle head for ya," sighed Sakuyamon.

"Tai. There has to be a reason behind this reckless scheme," Metalla X thought.

"Well, this sucks!" Keke cursed. "Damn, what's gotten into your dad, Max?"

"Obviously upset that X never revealed his true face to him. To be honest, I don't really blame him."

"In any case, this Taichi and the one from my world have one thing in common. They're both fools," Neo thought as he examined the scene through his Uraotoko's eye view.

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Saitou's Lair. 7:53 P.M.

"You dumb ass! Why did you interfere!" X shouted at his apprentice.

"I'm sorry, but I don't appreciate this. I don't appreciate the fact that you've never revealed yourself to me from the start! Friends are supposed to tell each other their secrets and earn each other's trusts! Ever since you first took me and Agumon in, you've never shown your face to anyone. Why!"

"I was instructed to until the time was right. This was the perfect opportunity. I couldn't do it at any other given moment."

"So, you left all of us in suspense, X! Oh, I'm sorry. You're not X. I don't even know who you are, but you look exactly like my boy, Max!"

"That's because…"

"Spit it out already! Who are you!"

"I… I am Max Kamiya…"

"Is that so!"

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Inside Neo's Territory. 7:53 P.M.

There was s gasp of shock amongst the group, with the exception of a few. Max and Keke were those not shocked. The boy pounded his fists against the barrier wall.

"No! He can't be me! There can't be two mes in one universe! It's not possible! He's just posing as me!"

"Max! Calm down!" Keke said while restraining the boy.

"Why should I!"

"Because, you're going to have to get over it," Dorothy replied. "He's out there risking his own life for the sake of ours and your fathers. Please try to understand what he sets to do. By ensuring Saitou's defeat, we will not have to worry about those monsters rampaging our world!"

"Don't forget the four digi-galaxies," Magna Garurumon replied.

"Max. Take a look out there," War Angemon said. "I think even your father is growing to accept this. He knows that he just might need X to stop Saitou. There's no other way."

"Besides," Mystic Celesta said as she kneeled by her nephew. "If this is any indication of a teenage Max, you'll grow up to be very handsome."

"You think…" Max asked with a blush.

"Aw, you're still a cutie to me," Keke giggled.

"Ok, everyone. I don't think Max being handsome really matters now. Something is bound to happen with those two and I wouldn't want to be X right now," Metalla X informed everyone. "Tai, don't do anything you'll regret."

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Saitou's Lair. 7:53 P.M.

"So you maybe a future glimpse of my son, Max, but it doesn't matter anymore. What's more important at the moment if you interfering with my fight," Omega X snorted.

"From where I came from, my power was extraordinary and I fought to protect my loved ones. In a final battle with an apocalyptic beast, I gave my own life up and my soul was transferred into a new body. My friends joined me as well. We were all sent here to this universe to train you to battle the upcoming threats. You've met them all head on with bright results. Now, it comes down to you battling my other greatest apprentice."

"An interesting story, Max, but we don't have the time for that. We only have little time. So do me one last favor…"

"What's that?"

"This is my DAMN fight! Now stay out of my way," Omega X retorted.

"But, Tai…"

"Who do you think is the one out there spilling his blood, anyway! Now, I'll be taking this Nexus emerald. Stand back and let me kick his ass on my own terms."

Turning away from the unmasked X, Omega X limps across to face Saitou with a determined glare.

"Well, pal. Thanks to you, I was able to rest just a bit. I'm ready to go for another round."

"Right. I forgot that you have the Crest of Courage's power embedded inside your heart. It's only natural you gain your second wind," Saitou stated. "Even Yamato, your dear sister Hikari, Takeru, Daisuke and Takato have inherited that ability by merging with their digimon partners."

"You're forgetting a few other of my friends, but yeah you get the point."

"You may not be experienced compared to me, but you still have considerable recuperative powers and mental strength," the Dark Angel rambled on. "Even in your normal human form, you managed to inherit super human to meta-human abilities from your fused warrior form. You ought to give yourself a pat on the back."

"Don't settle me with that crap. Let's just get back to the fight we left off."

"Tai! Don't be ridiculous," X verbally spat out at his apprentice. "You can't stand up to him! Now give me back that Nexus emerald!"

As X reached out to grab the emerald, Omega X snatched his hands and slowly pushed him back. An overwhelming anger built up inside the warrior as the Crest of Courage shone brightly across his chest.

"Your heart!"

"That's right. You forgot I can still do that? Now leave me alone and let me finish this fight on my own."

"Do you realize what you're doing! You're making a damn mistake, Tai! He won't hesitate to kill you!"

"ARGH! Just stay out of my way!"

With that said, Omega X shoots out a powerful aura of golden light. The aura created a strong invisible force to send X flying across the caverns. Screaming at the top of his lungs, Omega X's body fizzled with electricity. He held a tight grip on the Nexus emerald.

"Sorry, X, but I have to do this my way. Forgive me. Just rest easy. When you wake up, hopefully this will all cease to end."

Turning his glare directly to Saitou, Omega X walked towards the cavern's center and stopped.

"It's down to the way it should be. Just you and me, ass hole. Saitou, one of those guys inside you said that you didn't care about the tunnel, right? Did I hear correctly? You know what? That's exactly how I feel now."

"…"

"As long as we settle this once and for all, nothing else matters," the prideful warrior growled. "I don't even care what happens afterwards! All I care is that you're beaten!"

"My, my…"

"Hey! So you're name is Kain, right! The psycho with the arm cannon! Go get me someone else!"

"What?"

"Get rid of that personality! He's a crappy fighter! Bring out your head man!"

"Huh? Well, you really are a brainless bitch, aren't ya? I'm out here now to do the sick work. Go ahead and come at me!"

"I'm saying that you're not up to the job, dumb ass! I can't waste time on weaklings like you. You're too EASY."

Kain Saitou immediately became irate and pointed his arm cannon directly aimed for Omega X's head.

"Shut up! I'll blow your damn skull off!"

Suddenly, Saitou lost track of Omega X almost immediately. The warrior had vanished within a millisecond. Saitou found himself at a precarious position and was left wide open. Omega X used his Time Warp to teleport underneath Saitou. His fists were coated with enormous ki energy.

Within seconds, Omega X let out a battle cry and slammed his ki-coated fists directly into Saitou's gut. Each fist hit their mark and crushed the Dark Angel's ribs. Bones were starting to crunch from each of Omega X's deadly punches. He gags his mouth open and releases a cheekful of blood. Saitou staggered across with Omega X following him out across.

The warrior of courage immediately used his Time Warp and reappears above the Dark Angel. As Saitou charged up for his arm cannon, Omega X brought his hands across his own face and unleashes a radiant beam, similar to sunlight itself.

"PICTURE FLASH!"

Saitou screamed out as his eyes was blinded by the radiation from Omega X's technique. He staggered across and lashed out in the air. Omega X delivers a kick directly to Saitou's side head, which caused his head to rock back. Omega X flies across and snatches Saitou with his arms. Using his Time Warp, he teleported himself and Saitou across the other side. Both men were plowing through numerous stalactites across the cavern's ceilings. Omega X snatched Saitou by his arm and began to swing him around with great velocity.

"PUT HIM ME DOWN!"

"SURE! HOW'S THIS!"

With that said, Omega X tosses Saitou down towards the bottom of the cavern floor. The Dark Angel lands and creates a crater as a result of the tremendous impact fall. The warrior levitated over his fallen adversary. His arms were crossed over his chest while examining the fallen Dark Angel. Much to his chagrin, Saitou slowly rose from the crater and limped across.

"Still have some fight left in you, huh?"

"Gr… Damn… You son of a bitch…"

Saitou fell to his knees and gripped his throbbing chest. Those blows delivered by Omega X had taken effect on the Dark Angel's hard body. Once Omega X levitated down to face his enemy, his hands started to throb. He winced with a threshold overwhelming his hands.

"Damn my hands still hurt from punching you so many times!"

"Ugh… No… I can't… How could I be beaten like that…?"

"Give it up, Kain. Even as you are now, you can't defeat me. Switch out with your head guy! If you don't, I'm blowing your head away with a Terra Beam. I take it you don't want to end your legacy as a headless corpse," Omega X spoke with venom in his voice.

Struggling to even rise to his feet, Saitou seethed with pain and anger building within him.

"Got to make this fast because I'm running so low on ki…"

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Inside Neo's Territory. 7:53 P.M.

"Yeah! Finish him off, dad! Just blow his head off!" Max screamed out in encouragement. "We'll be done with this guy and out of this cave!"

"But does he have enough energy to get the job done?" Cyberleomon wondered. "Perhaps Taichi is bluffing."

"His ki is decreasing as we speak," Pikkan replied. "He's going to have to stop playing around and shoot his damn head off."

"Don't waste anymore time on him," Metalla X scoffed.

"C'mon, big brother! Let him have it!" Mystic Celesta exclaimed.

"If only we were out of this trash heap, then we'd go down there to join in on the fun," Gallantmon sighed.

"C'mon, Tai. Don't give up now!" Kaiser Greymon said.

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Saitou's Lair. 7:53 P.M.

Having seen enough of Saitou's suffering, Omega X sighed and cupped his hands together. A ball of red ki formed around his palms and grew larger at an extraordinary rate. He looked ahead and set his target directly for the Dark Angel's head. The eyes on the Super level four warrior thinned into a reptilian kind. He now craved nothing more than an end to the madness.

"This is the end of the road, Saitou. I'm ending your sad life and rewriting a new chapter to humankind's survival. Now, show me your head guy or die."

"NO! I WON'T LET YOU! NOT NOW! I WAS HAVING SO MUCH FUN!"

"Hmph, fine. Have it your way. Your blood is on my hands. TERRA-"

"ARGH! NO! I CAN TAKE HIM! I CAN-"

As Saitou thrashed across the ground like a violent child, his head convulsed once again. This was similar from last time. Saitou did this when he switched out from Hojo to Kain. Now, he was switching out with another one of his seven personalities. But, which one? That answer would be revealed.

Like a marionette being pulled up by strings, Saitou lifted his body up from his knees. The Dark Angel slowly rose to his feet and stood upright. A shadowy presence plastered across the man's body. Omega X halted his attack position and cancelled out his Terra Beam attempt. A look of concern crossed his face.

"What the hell is going on now? I can't even read through into his thoughts. He's switched out with another personality. But, which one?"

Saitou's face slowly made contact with Omega X. The irritated warrior scoffed and out up his guard in defense. The Dark Angel's face was covered by a dark shadow, which concealed his once menacing glare. There was a quiet yet eerie presence from this man.

"So, which freak am I talking to now?"

Saitou lifted his face up and revealed his face with the light shining down upon him. His emotions have changed as well. No longer did his eyes possess the look of a murderous madman, but a calm, yet gentle persona. An innocent smile curved across his face.

"I am Himo. It's an honor to met you."

Omega X's eyes made contact with Saitou's. He felt an uneasy presence emitting from the Dark Angel and questioned his actual motives.

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Inside Neo's Territory. 7:53 P.M.

Even the entire group was taken back by this sudden event. They felt the change that Saitou had underwent just right now. Perhaps for the first time since being reported to them, the Digi-Destined, Tamers and legendary warriors were gazing down upon the true Saitou: Himo the pure. Only Neo was not surprised since he's actually met Himo in person.

"Huh? Did he just say what I heard say?" Max asked. "Creepy. 'It's an honor to meet you'? Are you even sure that's the real persona!"

"Well, any objections?" Metal Kabuterimon asked.

"None, but this is certainly unexpected," Koriikkakumon stated.

"First Hojo then Kain and now Himo?" Mega Gargomon wondered. "The guy can't even make his own mind up! I thought Suzie had problems!"

"My god… So this is the true Himo Saitou-san?" Rei wondered. "Only my brother has seen the real him up close and personal."

"So, we finally get to see what Himo is all about from the reputation I've been hearing about," Ultima X said.

"There's something eerie about him, but Tai shouldn't take his eye off of him," Sonja said.

"You're right. Tai's got to get serious if Himo is supposedly tougher than his other personas. Then again, I'm just going by theory," said Gallantmon.

"If that's true, then Tai better not kid around," BW said.

"Knowing him, he'll get reckless again," Metalla X sighed.

"I never thought I'd see this happen," War Angemon whispered. "What do you think, Kari?"

"Me neither. It's odd that we face an enemy who undergoes transformations, not through the body but the mind. It's quite the unique turnaround if I do say so myself."

"Ah! Who cares! My dad will mop the floor with him!"

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Saitou's Lair. 7:53 P.M.

"This is the first time I've spoken to all of you," Himo properly greeted Omega X. "We can be properly introduced. Or I should say, it's been a few months since I've shown my true face to anyone."

Saitou walked directly to Omega X with dark intentions. The warrior of courage puts up a defensive stance, but then came perhaps an unexpected twist. Rather than attacking Omega X, the Dark Angel held his left hand out as if he were asking for a handshake. In fact, it was an open hand asking for a simple, gentlemanly handshake.

"Pleased to meet you."

"What? You mean we've been chasing after your ass this whole time and now you want me to shake your hand? Not after you kidnapped my son and look at the damage you've did to me! Now my son has become traumatized thanks to you!"

Rather than frown, Saitou maintained a calm, serene smile. Omega X did not like the look across his face and prepared to shoot out a ki blast.

UP YOURS!"

However, Saitou was quick to see the attack coming and slapped it away effortlessly. Omega X stopped dead cold as he felt something grab his right arm. Quickly distracted from his blast being swatted, Saitou took advantage of his distracted adversary and snapped his right wrist like a twig. Omega X screamed out in pain but not long before Saitou's arm cannon transformed into a cybernetic hand. His fist made contact with Omega X's right cheek and forced him down to the ground. The warrior's face fell flat against the ground and was crushed under Saitou's might. This was not the end of the pain. Saitou brought down his right boot and stomps down across the warrior's gut. He spat out a mouth full of blood before lying back in pain.

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Inside Neo's Dimension. 7:53 P.M.

"NO! He's going to kill father!" Max cried out.

"Max! Hold on!" Keke calls out to the boy.

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Saitou's Lair

After leaving Omega X lying down, Saitou reaches down for his right hand and kindly shakes it. Omega X wasn't prepared to make any friendly gestures with his unpredictable enemy yet the pain was overwhelming his body.

"Pleased to meet you."

Insulted by Saitou's gesture, Omega X seethed and looked directly into his innocent eyes. There no shred of hate, guilt or even malice in his eyes, yet Omega X could feel a darker presence from within the man's heart. He leaped up and went for a fist attack.

"YOU BASTARD!"

Saitou swiftly moves to the side and easily dodges the blow. He immediately phased out from Omega X's sight. The warrior was caught off balance and staggers across. Suddenly, he caught glimpse of Saitou marching down to the Uraotoko.

"He just dodged my blow! That was up close and the best shot I had to knocking his screws loose!"

Looking up at the Uraotoko, he felt Neo's presence from within.

"Neo. Could you spare me an arm and spare clothes?"

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Inside Neo's Territory. 7:53 P.M.

Nodding his head, Neo snapped his fingers to make a spare arm and shirt appear before him. With another snap, he teleported the necessities to the other side for Saitou.

"I've never seen Saitou-san like this," Rei Saiba gasped.

"No kidding. This one is different from the others," replied Loweemon.

"The look in his eyes have completely changed. I don't even sense hatred or malice," War Angemon said. "To think… I compared him to Devimon… Devimon would never possess such an innocent glare."

"It's true. This Saitou is a step or two removed from the others up to now," Cyberleomon said.

"The chump's not kidding around," Beelzebumon said. "Hmph, calling him a Dark Angel makes me look like chopped liver."

"I dare say that Saitou seems gentle and innocent like an angel," Mystic Celesta said.

"You're correct sister of Taichi," Neo replied. "When Saitou has become Himo, his malice, composure and sense of awe all mold together. He knows that his other personas have done heinous acts, but not Himo. It is because of his purity that Saitou suffered and despaired so much, and I saw him through it. He helped to change my views on life in general. I like Himo the most."

"What! You're not making sense!" Max retorted. "If he's so darn innocent, why did he go about hurting my dad like that! Just by going with this new name, doesn't make him all more powerful!"

"Oh, you'll regret those words, young Kamiya," Neo snickered in thought.

"I don't know what to make of this," Dorothy said. "There's more to multiple personas than we first realize."

"Dad! Don't get spooked by this creep!" Max screamed in encouragement. "Whether he's Himo or whoever, he's still the same guy you've been facing up until now!"

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Saitou's Lair. 7:54 P.M.

Looking back to the conversation he had with X and the others at the hospital, he remembered how he mentioned Saitou 'being a curve ball' as opposed to someone like Burizalor or Virus 'who always throw the fast ball'. He made sure to keep that advice to himself.

"From the moment I first saw him, I felt it. He's been hiding something. That eeriness of his… The way it seems like he's shown off everything he has up his sleeve, but you know that he still has hidden tricks and now he's ready to throw the ultimate gauntlet."

Walking methodically across the caverns, Saitou has replaced his robotic arm with a flesh replacement and put on another black shirt over his scarred body. He still possessed that same angelic innocent glare, which was beginning to spook even Omega X.

"This Saitou is unlike the rest of his peanut gallery. He just maybe the most strongest of them all. How could I forget that Millenniumon is still out there? If I can't beat this guy, then I can forget about confronting Millennimon anytime soon."

Saitou stopped at the dead center and kept his eye on Omega X.

"This is sure going to be interesting, Saitou. Don't you agree!" Omega X growled intensely.

"Be honest. Do you still have enough strength left, even in your fourth level, to fight?" Saitou asked.

"Feh. Of course I do! Right now, there's nothing else I'm thinking about but defeating you! I'm not ready to give up!"

"Oh? So, you really think you can defeat ME?"

With that said, Saitou busted out into a sinister laughter. There was nothing sincere or innocent about this laughter. It was mixed with malice and happiness. His eyes started to emit bright, golden flashes of light. Omega X suddenly felt the entire cave starting to tremble under his laughter. The ground crumbled and stalactites dropped from the ceiling. The walls were coming down as if they were the Jericho Walls.

The entire group, except Neo, was shocked to witness Saitou's sudden power-up through his laughter alone. Yet, there was something else behind the Dark Angel, especially since a golden aura was covering his body and his eyes were emitting the same color aura. His face became transfixed with excitement and pleasure. Omega X's eyes widened in shock while gazing upon a golden-covered Saitou. He certainly did live up to the name 'angel' since that was exactly what Saitou had become: a sincere, pure figure with a heart of malice.

At last, X has revealed himself to actually be Tai's son, MAX! Yet, how will Tai and Max take this? Tai realizes that he needs X if he hopes to defeat Saitou. On the other hand, Taichi has come face to face with the true Saitou: Himo the pure. He is the original and purest of the seven personalities within Saitou. Overcoming many enemies in the past, does Taichi have any chance of winning against a pure power? Will his friends manage to escape the Uraotoko to aid him against the Dark Angel? Only six minutes remain before the 'End of Times' as we know it.

(Digimon Frontier second ending theme "an Endless Tale")

(Preview)

TK/War Angemon: Hi, everyone! This is TK! Just when you think Saitou's other personalities were unique, Himo proves to be unstoppable!

Takato/Gallantmon: Even Omega X at his best can't stand a chance against Saitou's Sacred Light Aura.

Tai/Omega X: Well, I'm not about to go out without a fight! My wrist maybe broken, but I'll kill myself just to take this guy down!

Max: No! There has to be a way out of here! My dad needs us!

Dorothy: Tai takes a beating like none other.

Matt/Metalla X: Fate is for the fools. We thought we would triumph, but it's not possible. Saitou is not like all the arrogant enemies we've faced. He will kill us all.

X: What! Impossible! Himo's managed to master the Saint Light ki! Not even the purest of Angemon or Seraphimon have harnessed this rare trait! How could Saitou possess such a holy power?

Saitou: The Saint Light ki is all I need to crush you, Taichi. Prepare yourself.

X: Tai! We need to use the Nexus emerald! It's the only way to defeat Saitou and ensure that damn tunnel closes!

Omega X: What makes you think it will even work?

X: You're just going to have to trust in me!

Shintomon: The next chapter is entitled…

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Himo Saitou's Saint Light Ki Is Incredible! The Warrior of Courage… Can't Win?

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Omega X: Nothing is going to stop me from defeating, Saitou. Even if I have to give my own life up… Do whatever you can. Only one of us will walk into the valley of the shadows.

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There goes yet another long ass chapter. Damn, this one took my about three days to finish. This was seventy pages long! Hope you guys liked those surprise cameos from Andromon, Piximon and Centaurmon. I haven't used them since season one for cripes sakes! Plus, Yolei and her family get more screen time than usual. Sorry for the lack of background music but I had no music available to insert for this chapter. The next chapters will contain background music. Promise!

How can we also forget the true identity of X! If any of you read Max Acorn's story, you'd know that X is actually Max Kamiya. Yes, in a way, his series and my D-Fusion series is connected in someway or another. Heh, looks like Tai and X have a lot of explaining to do for little Max. chuckle Oh and Max/X respectfully belongs to Max Acorn. The same goes for Pikkan, BW, Keke, Sam, David, Tike and Kara. All of the D3s have made their presence felt in this chapter. MA, if only you were here to read this awesome saga. Where are you?

At this rate, the next set of chapters just maybe as long as this one. I have quite some ways to go, specifically only about eight chapters to completion. How am I going to squeeze Millenniumon into this with Saitou kicking ass right now? That is the question I've been asked recently. There are only eight chapters to go and I stated I would be writing long chapters. So, expect the finale battle to consist of LONG chapters. Wish me luck everyone. I'll need it.

The series is winding down to end, thus allow me to work on the upcoming movie/OVA/special feature fics. After that, D-Fusion will be complete and I will move on with other major projects (like Pharaohmon and the sequel).